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COVID-19 Spike in Newton County Linked to Jasper Nursing Home

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich,
Kyle Kellams
Published August 3, 2020 at 1:51 PM CDT
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A Jasper town poster encouraging COVID-19 testing.
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Newton County, a popular tourist destination and agriculture district, is seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases, concentrated in a Jasper nursing home. Mayor Jan Larson talks about response and implications. 

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Jacqueline Froelich
Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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Kyle Kellams
Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.
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