ATLANTA (AP) – A worker at a Georgia Waffle House has tested positive for the new coronavirus, prompting co-workers to quarantine themselves in their homes, company officials said Tuesday.
No workers from the restaurant in Canton, northwest of Atlanta, have shown signs of illness, the company said in a statement.
Late Tuesday Gov. Brian Kemp said in a press release that a patient from Cherokee County who tested positive for COVID-19 was being isolated at Hard Labor Creek State Park in Rutledge while being treated by medical professionals.
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“This site was specifically chosen for its isolation from the general public and ability to house mobile units in the short term,” GEMA Director Homer Bryson said in the statement. The individual was not able to isolate at their primary residence and was not in critical condition requiring any hospital admittance. The park is closed to public access and monitored by state law enforcement 24 hours a day, seven days a week, the statement said.