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The resulting widespread exposure forced the city to move from the "medium" to "high" coronavirus risk level after nearly a month and a half at the lower threshold. And dozens of locals who visited the Norwegian Rat Saloon have been asked to quarantine and test for the virus, if they haven't been vaccinated.
"We are extremely sorry about the events that occurred," said Dave Wood, U.S. Seafoods' chief operating officer. "We regret that these individuals made terrible decisions, put a lot of people at risk and harmed a lot of people. We are as outraged as you are."