Even though COVID-19 cases have dropped off dramatically in the wake of vaccines, health officials say itâs still important for people who have virus symptoms to get testedâand then stay away from others if theyâre sick to keep the disease from spreading.
âWhat we are entering, we hope, is an era when we have more isolated cases, and any time you have that, in some ways, itâs like playing a game of whack-a-mole,â said April Achter, population health coordinator with the Rappahannock-Rapidan Health District, which includes Culpeper, Fauquier and Orange counties.
By isolating people who test positive and notifying those who have been in close contact with them, health officials say theyâre better able to take a âwhackâ down the virus spread.