A dozen COVID-19 cases in a Pennsylvania suburb have been traced to Jersey Shore 'beach house gatherings' over Memorial Day weekend.
The Bucks County Department of Health said Saturday that 12 recent cases were traced to a New Jersey resident who attended"multiple" house gatherings at the shore.
King said the Bucks County health department requires people who are in the same household or have had steady contact with someone who has a confirmed case of COVID-19 to quarantine and get tested.More infections are likely among family members of these new cases, Dr. David Damsker, director of the Bucks County Health Department, said.
The New Jersey health department said it also is investigating the exposure and conducting contact tracing to identify additional illnesses, although it noted that now is the outer limit of the virus' 14-day incubation period.
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