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He said the club does not have permission to release the name of the person, who developed symptoms in recent days, beginning with a high fever.ĭuring the tournaments, the individual had direct contact with Couchman, the bridge player who first tested positive for the virus. On Friday, Abrahams, the Adobe Bridge Club president, said a second person exposed to the virus during the two bridge events in March had tested positive for the new coronavirus. Four reporters obtained the rosters of who played in the ACBL and Adobe Bridge league games, figured out who was most likely to have been in contact with Couchman, and called more than 50 people who played in both of the bridge leagues. The Arizona Republic attempted to do what the county has not: contact the bridge players who may have come in contact with Couchman. What is clear is that Pima County isn't following up to find people who had contact with Couchman, even though many of the players are elderly and some have underlying medical conditions. “I certainly am concerned that she may have had pneumonia as a result of coronavirus,' Abrahams said. “We have a responsibility to our bridge players in our club who have come in contact with someone who was infected,” Abrahams said.Ī larger, American Contract Bridge League tournament held March 2-8, and attended by more than 800 people, including Couchman, also notified participants that they may have been exposed.īut the health department apparently hasn't contacted players who attended that bridge tournament either, said event Chairman Steve Reynolds. A 79-year-old woman who played in the tournament and handled cards touched by Couchman was hospitalized with pnuemonia and died within a week of the tournament. Instead, bridge club leadership took it upon themselves to contact all 700 bridge players they know of in Tucson - nearly double the Adobe Bridge Club's membership - and notify them that they might have been exposed to coronavirus.

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“We're certainly capable of giving them a full list of names, addresses, phone numbers for all the people,” Abrahams said.

Abrahams said the club has no idea how many people might be carrying the virus after coming in close contact with Couchman, whose COVID-19 test came back positive on March 16.