The owner of a Hopkinsville gift shop announced Tuesday on Facebook that one of the store’s employees has tested positive for COVID-19.
As a result, Gracious Me! will temporarily suspend plans to do online sales and curbside service at the shop on Fort Campbell Boulevard.
In her store’s Facebook post, owner Sherry Calhoun wrote:
“We have received news that one of our own has tested positive for COVID-19. Although she has not been in the store for seven days, we have made the decision to close Gracious Me! for any transactions through March 31, the recommended 14-day period.
“We care deeply for our staff and each of you who are such a part of our daily lives. Keep us in your prayers as we navigate these unexpected health and business issues.”
The store employee is presumably the 21-year-old woman who went to Jennie Stuart Medical Center on Sunday and received a positive diagnosis on Monday.
The Christian County Health Department said Monday that a 21-year-old woman was the third person in Christian County with COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. She had direct contact with a 24-year-old Christian County man who received a presumptive positive diagnosis over the weekend. He is an employee of Hopkinsville Community College, the college announced.
Both were in self-isolation at home and did not require hospitalization, said Kayla Bebout, the county’s health director.
The first person diagnosed was a 61-year-old woman, who is also in self-isolation, according to the health department.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
