With its second case of suspected community transmission of the COVID-19 virus in Reno County, yet no expected immediate increase in ability to locally test people, the Reno County Health Department has released a new form asking people to self- report if they believe they may have the disease.
“Community transmission” means the individual contracted the disease from an unknown source while out in the community, indicating it is more widespread than test-confirmed cases might indicate, which health officials have long suspected.
All the other cases in the county before those two were related to travel to places that had outbreaks or to known direct contact with someone else who was a confirmed case.
(Read more: Local – The Hutchinson News)
