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Kentuck Closes Northport, Alabama Art Center After Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19
The Kentuck Center for the Arts will be closed this week after an employee tested positive for the novel Coronavirus.
The closure will be in place Wednesday through Friday, as all employees must now obtain a negative PCR test before returning to work. The scheduled Art Night for Thursday has also been canceled.
COVID-19 continues to spread in West Alabama with DCH Health System seeing a six fold inpatient increase over the past two weeks.
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