Virginia Beach General District Court closed after four people test positive for coronavirus

Peter Coutu, The Virginian-Pilot
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The Virginia Beach General District Court will be closed Monday and Tuesday after four people tested positive for coronavirus.

Two Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office deputies assigned to court security and two other non-sheriff’s office personnel tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, said Kathy M. Hieatt, spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office, in a news release. Contract tracing for the two deputies was completed the same day. The city planned to clean and disinfect all affected areas over the weekend, she said.

Hieatt said the sheriff’s office has not been informed of any other closures to the Virginia Beach Courthouse and they anticipate the other areas of the building will be open for business as usual.

Peter Coutu, 757-222-5124, peter.coutu@pilotonline.com.

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