Five Forsyth County Courthouse Workers Test Positive For COVID-19

 Five employees at the Forsyth County courthouse have tested positive for COVID-19. 

The courthouse will have limited operations next week but will not be closed completely.

Clerk Renita Thompkins Linville says that officials are working with the county's Health Department to notify people who may have been in close contact with anyone who has tested positive.

The Winston-Salem Journal reports that all sheriff's deputies who work at the courthouse will undergo testing.

This is not the first time the courthouse has been impacted by the pandemic.

The facility was closed for several days in April after an employee from the bookkeeping department tested positive.

The advocacy group Housing Justice Now released a statement Thursday saying that not all courthouse employees were wearing face coverings on a consistent basis, and criticized the sheriff's office for not enforcing pandemic guidelines.  

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