Despite the pandemic, the Amish community in the Greater Holmes County Area of Ohio continued to hold community gatherings. The team said those gatherings likely contributed to the rapid spread of Covid-19. The local public health department learned about the outbreak after a couple tested positive in mid-May. Community leaders told the Wayne County Health Department that a number of people in the community had symptoms so the department set up testing at the local school. The local health department interviewed some of the Amish at the testing site and learned about some of the misconceptions about the ways to stop the spread of the disease.

Source: CNN November 12, 2020 19:59 UTC