Ellis Park: Seven Individuals Quarantined After Testing Positive For COVID-19

Seven individuals working in the stable area at Ellis Park in Henderson, Ky. have tested positive for COVID-19 and been quarantined, reports 14news.com. None were symptomatic; the individuals were tested as part of the track’s protocols for beginning its live race meet on July 2. Six work for the same trainer, and the seventh was also closely associated with those individuals.

Six of those who tested positive have been quarantined inside the dorm, and the seventh has been quarantined at home. Contact tracing has also been initiated.

“As of right now, based on everything we know, based on the protocols we have in place in both the racing and gaming operations, we’re confident we will be able to conduct our race meet, beginning the first day, opening day, July 2,” Skip Sayre, chief of sales and marketing for Laguna Development Corporation, told 14news.com. “As the backside opened, and the horses and personnel started coming in, we began testing those folks, so when this particular case came up, we were ready to move quickly and get those folks into quarantine and make sure we protected the integrity of the rest of the operation.”