Amtrak train travelers cleared of coronavirus threat

McLean County train travelers have gotten a clean bill of health after a coronavirus scare over the weekend. The Health Department was notified Monday by state public health officials that there were no Amtrak passengers for which the health department needed to conduct follow-up investigations.  With coronavirus threat, Bloomington-Normal events proceeding carefully.

The concerns arose an Amtrak passenger tested presumptive positive for the new strain of coronavirus. The passenger had been on Lincoln 303 en route from Chicago to St. Louis. That train stops in Pontiac, Dwight, Normal, Lincoln and Springfield, among other stops.

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