A member of the Sullivan County Commission tested positive for COVID-19 the morning after attending a three-hour-long meeting at the Sullivan County Courthouse in Blountville, prompting ire from three other commissioners who said he should have quarantined while awaiting his test result.
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Commissioner Sam Jones, who represents Kingsport, said that on Friday morning, he got a phone call from the Sullivan County Health Department to notify him about his positive case.
Jones said he got tested Dec. 16 because he had plans to visit family in Richmond over the weekend and wanted to make sure he wasnât taking the respiratory illness â which is currently rampant in the region â along with him.