Disastrous Arkansas COVID Cluster Spells Trouble for Church Openings
The analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) details how one couple—a pastor at a local church and his wife—contracted the virus and unwittingly may have helped spread it to 26 others, which ballooned into a cluster of 61, of which four people died.
Before the Arkansas couple developed respiratory symptoms and fever, the 57-year-old pastor attended a Bible study group on March 11 at his church.
the Arkansas case is perhaps more concerning because the church closed indefinitely as soon as the pastor and his wife learned that congregants had developed symptoms. What’s more, the couple cooperated with the investigation, generating a list of 94 church members and guests who had registered for or might have attended related events.
Those March events included a 3-day children’s event beginning on March 6 with indoor sessions, singing, and church services led by guests from another state and involving hand-to-hand contact during offerings. On March 7, food prepared by church members was served in a buffet.
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