By Ashanti Lee Seabron
(LENAWEE COUNTY, Mich.) Officials from the Michigan health department are encouraging concertgoers who attended the Faster Horses Festival last weekend to get tested for COVID-19 after an outbreak was traced back to the event.
Per The Detroit News and state health officials, at least 17 cases of COVID-19 have been identified among the festival's attendees, including people who were at the festival while they were infectious.
The officials are also working with local health departments to investigate a cluster of cases of COVID-19 connected to the three-day country music festival held in Brooklyn, Michigan earlier this month.
Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, chief medical executive and chief deputy for health at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, discussed the situation and urged festival attendees to get tested for COVID-19.
“Although we have made great progress with vaccination in our state, the virus continues to circulate in Michigan and across the country,” Khaldun said. “Attendees at the festival may have been exposed and are urged to get tested if they are not fully vaccinated or if they develop symptoms. “
All unvaccinated festival attendees should get tested and those who have been fully vaccinated should get tested if they experience symptoms. Visit Michigan.gov/coronavirustest to find a testing site.