Onondaga County Health Department warns of possible COVID-19 exposure at local coffee business

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Health Department has confirmed that an employee at Recess Coffee, located at 110 Harvard Place in Syracuse, has tested positive for COVID-19.

The employee was wearing a face mask while working, the department said.

Members of the public who visited the café on these days and times may have been exposed:

• Tuesday, May 19 — between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Friday, May 22 — from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Saturday, May 23 — between 7 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
• Monday, May 25 — from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Health-department investigators are in the process of identifying all close contacts of the employee and notifying them.

Anyone who visited Recess Coffee during the identified time periods should monitor themselves for symptoms of COVID-19 for 14 days after they visited the store. If symptoms do develop, stay home and call your doctor for further guidance, the department said.

If you are elderly, have underlying medical conditions, or are immunocompromised, call your doctor early — even if your illness is mild.

Testing is also widely available, and anyone can get tested for COVID-19 by visiting one of the clinics listed at covid19.ongov.net/., the department said.