Seward band urges testing for Fairbanks concert-goers after members test positive for COVID-19

Two members of a popular band based out of Seward tested positive for the coronavirus and performed an in-person show while at least one of them was potentially infectious, according to a band member.

Blackwater Railroad Company played three public shows in Seward, Palmer and Fairbanks over June. Band member Tyson Davis, who tested positive this week said that the state health department informed him that it is likely that he was only potentially infectious during a June 19 show at The Boatel in Fairbanks.

Davis said that he started showing symptoms on Tuesday, June 23.

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In a Facebook post, The Boatel wrote that the restaurant “kept a barrier between the stage and customers and of course a limited capacity.” Davis said that the show was outdoors. No one answered the phone at the venue on Friday afternoon for comment.

Read more: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/06/26/seward-based-folk-band-urges-testing-after-members-test-positive/