Harper's COVID-19 cases spread to Grosse Pointe

With 85 confirmed cases of COVID-19 all coming from Harper's a popular bar in Downtown East Lansing some of those cases made its way out to other cities in Michigan one MSU student says.

DOWNTOWN EAST LANSING REMAINS AT85TODAY.... WITH 57 OF THOSE CASESIN INGHAM COUNTY .HOWEVER...OFFICIALS ARE FINDINGTHAT SOME OF THOSE CASES HAVEMADE THERE WAY TOOTHER COUNTIES THROUGHOUTMICHIGAN.

FOX 47S RACHEL SWEETHAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THOSEDETAILS FOR US AND HAS THATSTORY.WITH 85 CONFIRMED CASES OFCOVID-19 ALL COMING FROMHARPER'S A POPULAR BAR INDOWNTOWN EASTLANSING SOME OF THOSE CASES HAVEMADE THERE WAY OUT TO OTHERCITIES IN MICHIGAN ONE M-S-USTUDENT SAYS.THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS ATHARPER'S BETWEEN THE TIME OF THEOUTBREAK WISHES TO REMAINANONYMOUS SAYS -- PEOPLE FROMTHE GROSSE POINTE AREA TESTEDPOSITIVE WITH NO SYMPTOMS.THE M-S-U STUDENT SAID IN ASTATEMENT THAT THEY WERENTSURPISED THIS HAPPENED."MOST OF US IN EAST LANSINGCOMMUTE FROM HOME AND BACK SINCETHERE ISN'T MUCH ELSE TO DO.

ITHINK IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THATIF YOU'RE WILLINGY PARTICIPATINGIN HIGH RISK ACTIVITIES LIKEGOING TO A PACKED BAR, YOU NEEDTO ALSO BE AWARE OF THE RISKYOU'R BRINGING TO OTHERCOMMUNITIES YOU VISIT."INGHAM COUNTY HEALTH OFFICERLINDA VAIL SAYS THIS ISSOMETHING THEY WERE WORRIEDABOUT."THE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE WHOWERE EXPOSED AND HAVE BECOMESICK AT HARPER'S ARE NOW GOINGTO CREATE YOU KNOW OTHER SPOTOUTBREAKS YOU KNOW REACHING OUTFROM THAT."OFFICER VAIL HOPES THEY CANCONTINUE TO TEST AND CONTACTTRACE THE CASES AND GET BACK INCONTROL.SHE ALSO SAYS MOVING FORWARDPEOPLE SHOULDN'T WORRY ABOUTGOING TO DOWNTOWN EASTLANSING."IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEVIRUS NOT THE BUILDING THERESNOTHING SCARY ABOUT BEING NEARTHAT BUILDING THE OTHERBUSINESSES THOUGH I THINK TOSWAY THOSE CONCERNS REALLY NEEDTO SERIOUSLYCONSIDER DENYING ENTRY FORPEOPLE WHO DON'T WEAR MASKS.""OWNER JAKE HAWLEY OF BARRIOSWHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROMHARPER'S IN DOWNTOWN EASTLANSING TOLD ME THEY TOOKIMMEDIATE ACTION WHEN THEY HEARDABOUT THE OUTBREAK.""WE CLOSED THURSDAY TO GET ALLOF OUR STAFF TESTED.

WE WEREPRETTY STRICT YOU KNOW GOINGALL TO THIS THE ONLY THING WEREREQUIRING THATS DIFFERENT ISMASKS FOR ANYONE WHOS IN LINE."THANK YOU RACHEL.BARRIO REOPENED TODAY.THE OWNER SAYS ALL EMPLOYEESHAVE TESTED NEGATIVE FOR COVID19.WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITER THEHARPERS OUTBREAK AND LET Y