Coronavirus sickens Pinellas County sheriff in Floridaclose
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A Florida sheriff has reported testing positive for the coronavirus but said he was doing OK, according to reports.
Bob Gualtieri, the sheriff in Pinellas County, tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, according to the Tampa Times, which described him as a prominent national voice on crime and public safety.
“Doing fine. Thanks,” he said Saturday in a text, responding to a query from a Times reporter.
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office )
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The 58-year-old Gualtieri has shown mild symptoms that began with a loss of taste and smell, according to sheriff’s officials.
“He has no fever or respiratory issue,” they said.
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The officials said he was keeping in touch with his command staff from home, where he planned to work remotely for the next 10 days.
WFTS-TV reported that Gualtieri attended a gathering of sheriffs from across Florida in July and that he is now the 13th person with ties to that event to test positive for COVID-19, the station reported.
The total includes four of Gualtieri’s sheriff colleagues.
On Aug. 8, Gualtieri briefed reporters at a news conference on a shooting involving a St. Petersburg police officer who said she killed a man who was attacking her in an on-duty incident.
