Over 180 exposed to virus at California church

SAN FRANCISCO — More than 180 people in a rural Northern California county were asked to selfquarantine after they were exposed to the coronavirus during a Mother’s Day church service attended by an infected person, health officials said.

The infected person received their positive COVID-19 diagnosis the day after they attended service at a church in the town of Palermo and is now isolating at home, Butte County Public Health said in a news release Friday.

Health officials have contacted those who attended the service and given them instructions to self-quarantine and information about how to monitor themselves for symptoms and how to contact the public health office if they become sick, the statement said.

Everyone who was at the service will be tested, officials said.