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- A hairstylist at a Missouri Great Clips salon may have exposed up to 56 clients to COVID-19 after working while symptomatic, health officials said on Saturday.
- The report comes just a day after another stylist at the same salon exposed at least 84 clients and seven coworkers to the virus while symptomatic.
- Missouri Gov. Mike Parson allowed hair salons and some other businesses to reopen on May 4.
- All 50 states have at least partially opened despite many still seeing increasing case counts, leaving health officials concerned about potential surges of new outbreaks.
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A Great Clips hair salon in Springfield, Missouri, has become a potential hot spot of COVID-19 transmission after two hairstylists came into work while symptomatic, potentially exposing more than 140 people to the virus, according to local officials.
Springfield-Greene County Health Department director Clay Goddard said at a press conference Friday that a Great Clips stylist worked on eight days between May 12 and May 20, during which the stylist came into contact with 84 clients and seven coworkers while showing symptoms.
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