As many as 550 people could have been exposed to a COVID-19 carrier over the space of four days at a Toronto strip club. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America)
August 14, 2020
Hundreds possibly exposed to COVID-19 at Toronto strip club
Up to 550 people may have been exposed to the coronavirus (COVID-19) at a strip club in Toronto, Canada last week.
An employee at the Brass Rail strip
club on Yonge Street tested positive for the virus, prompting public health
officials to issue a warning for those present on August 4, 5, 7 and 9 to
self-quarantine for 14 days.
It was the first such notice given
since the city allowed nightclubs and restaurants to reopen on July 31.
Officials are contacting individuals
who provided their information to the club upon entry to urge them, and those
who had been in close contact with them, to self-isolate and get tested.
Establishments are required to keep a
customer log during the pandemic.
