Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices parent company HSF Affiliates on Monday warned attendees of a recent real estate conference that someone who was present at the event later came down with coronavirus.

The company issued the warning in a note that went out to everyone who was at a Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices (BHHS) conference in Nashville early last week. The note explains that after the event ended, someone who had been present began showing symptoms of the coronavirus. At that point, the attendee “took the proper cautionary measures and sought medical attention,” the note states.

The note adds that “we have no way to know whether the virus was contracted in the Nashville area, while the individual was traveling to or from there, or in an environment closer to home.”

Nevertheless, HSF Affiliates sent the note to everyone who was present for the conference and advised them to contact “their own medical practitioners to determine what additional steps to take.”

The note also says that since learning of the attendee’s condition, no new cases connected to the conference have been detected.

Rumors that someone with coronavirus was at the BHHS conference began swirling last week, though the company initially said they were not true. The rumor suggested that two people who attended the convention may have had the virus, and that one of those people then traveled to another real estate convention in Las Vegas later in the week — potentially exposing a new batch of people.

Organizers of the Las Vegas event weren’t able to confirm the rumor, but told Inman on Thursday that out of an abundance of caution they still opted to close their vendor section early in response.

However, within a day, the BHHS events team put out a statement to “quash” the rumor, and said that it was unaware of any coronavirus cases connected to the conference.

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