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The Associated Press reported that the largest outbreak so far occurred among election workers in the suburbs of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. The county election commission chairman Tammy Brown (Tammy Brown) said that staff urge anyone who feels unwell to stay at home, but in recent weeks 28 polling station staff working there have tested positive for the new crown virus. Z1z
Brown said, “As election officials, we all know that we are in danger. I don’t think this is a shock to any of us.”
On November 3, staff at a polling station in New York A voter provides help. Source: Associated Press
Missouri's high infection rate makes it particularly difficult to determine whether these cases are related to personal voting. Brown said that although the county provides the option of “drive-through” voting for everyone who has been in contact with a confirmed infected person, the election committee has to face up to 600,000 voters, including 200,000 voters who voted early.
The Associated Press pointed out that an election official who worked at an early polling station in Lynn County, Iowa, was also diagnosed with the new crown virus. The county election commissioner, Joel Miller, said, “We did not find more cases, which actually surprised me. In fact, it seems a bit far-fetched that we did not find more cases, but they may not report to us.”
At a "drive-through" polling station in Kansas City, Missouri, a man handed his ballot to an election worker. Source: Associated Press
in the Hudson Valley, New York, at a polling station worker After the COVID-19 test was positive, local officials recommended that more than 1,600 voters who voted at the same place on election day be tested, adding that the staff member wore a mask that day and followed the guidelines of maintaining social distancing, which may prevent the risk of transmission.
Staff at a polling station in Virginia, USA. Source: Associated Press
In addition, two people working at different polling stations in Carroll County, Virginia, USA also tested positive for the new crown, but local officials said, All election officials in the state wear masks, gloves and face shields during voting.
