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Santa and Mrs. Claus cosplayers in Georgia tested positive for COVID-19 just two days after taking photos with as many as 50 children during a special mid-pandemic holiday event.
In a warning to potentially affected families, Long County Commission Chairman Robert Parker who claims to have known the two people portraying the beloved Claus couple his entire life advised parents to keep their exposed kids at home until 2021. School or related activities, however, are not being canceled. While this event was not put on by the City of Ludowici or the Long County Board of Commissioners, it was well attended by our public officials and I believe I speak for the majority of them in saying that we still stand by the decision of the Chamber to move forward with these holiday traditions and to bring some sense of normalcy to these trying times, Parker said, per a report from regional outlet WTOC 11.
Robert Parker, chairman of the Long County Commission, in a news release, per
CNN. “They were not displaying any symptoms at the time of the event.”
The school board has asked parents of children who came in contact with Santa and Mrs. Claus to keep their kids home from in-school learning until after the holiday break.
“While this event was not put on by the City of Ludowici or the Long County Board of Commissioners, it was well attended by our public officials, and I believe I speak for the majority of them in saying that we still stand by the decision of the Chamber to move forward with these holiday traditions and to bring some sense of normalcy to these trying times,” said Parker, whose own children posed for pictures with Santa Claus.