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Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski Tests Positive For COVID-19

Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski
FILE PHTOO: Stan Jastrzebski / WBAA News
Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski

Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski has tested positive for COVID-19. 

According to a statement released Wednesday, Roswarski received his positive test results around 5 p.m. Tuesday; those in close contact with him have been notified. Lafayette City Clerk Cindy Murray said city business would continue “as usual.” Roswarski will remain at home in quarantine for the next two weeks.

The statement also said Roswarski continues to emphasize the importance of mask-wearing, hand washing, and social distancing in stopping COVID-19 infections.

The Tippecanoe County Health Department and other local officials will provide updates about possible county COVID-19 restrictionsat a press briefing this afternoon, as local cases continue to rise.

Emilie Syberg was an an assistant editor and policy reporter at WFYI. She joined the newsroom after working at WBAA in West Lafayette as a reporter, editor, and Morning Edition host. Emilie was a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia in the rural education development program from 2014 to 2016, and earned her master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University in 2017. Way back when, she earned her undergraduate degree in theater from the University of Evansville, and grew up on the south side of Indianapolis.
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