Mount Vernon Free Pre‘‘ THURSDAY MARCH 5, 2020 - BRIAN HARROD PUBLISHER Two Mount Vernon School Students Are In Quarantine With Their Family Mount Vernon school district. The 50-year-old New Rochelle "Out of an abundance of cau- man and his family tested positive for Closes Schools tion, the district has closed all school coronavirus, along with the neighbor buildings and offices effective imme- who drove him to the hospital. Over COVID-19 diately and the schools will be com- The Mount Vernon City School pletely cleaned and disinfected," offi- District is coordinating its response Concerns cials wrote on the school site. efforts in concert with the City of "It is anticipated that the build- Mount Vernon and New York State. By BRIAN HARROD ings will reopen on Monday under a Earlier Wednesday, Hastings-on- normal schedule, once the cleaning Hudson School District announced program is complete." closures over COVID-19 concerns. MOUNT VERNON, NY: Schools The quarantined students will not Westchester County Executive in Mount Vernon will be closed be attending school for at least the George Latimer is urging everyone to Thursday and Friday over novel coro- next two weeks. remain calm. navirus issues. Neither student has shown any The CDC recommends preventive Two students in the district, who symptoms of the contagious virus actions to help avoid spreading respi- are in the same family, have been known as COVID-19. ratory diseases, such as: quarantined with their family over The closures are all related to a Avoid close contact with people possible COVID-19 exposure. 50-year-old New Rochelle man who who are sick One student attends Columbus tested positive for the new coron- Avoid touching your eyes, nose School and the other attends Rebecca avirus and is currently hospitalized. and mouth Turner Elementary School. The number of confirmed coron- Stay home if sick The children are not showing avirus cases in New York has grown Cover your cough or sneeze with a any symptoms, their doctor told the to 11. tissue and then throw the tissue away
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