WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 110 students have been sent home to quarantine for 14 days, after six kids and a school staffer tested positive for COVID-19, in a school district in southern U.S. state of Mississippi, local media reported.
Taylor Coombs, spokesperson for the Corinth School District said, 116 students are considered in “close contact” of a positive case and quarantined.
In a letter posted on Facebook yesterday, the Corinth School District told parents that the school has done contact tracing and is asking anyone who had contact with the individuals to quarantine for 14 days.
Students and staff are screened daily upon entering the building, with temperature checks, and staff has to answer questions daily about if they have had symptoms in the past few days, said a report.
Guidance from the district says that all staff, parents and volunteers, must wear a face covering in the school buildings, while teachers must wear a face covering in all common areas and during all student interactions.
In-person classes resumed in the district on July 27, according to the school calendar. The student population in the district is 2,700.
Mississippi Governor, Tate Reeves, issued a mask mandate for the state, which went into effect yesterday.– NNN-XINHUA
