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Mahopac, NY
News
Covid-
19: Positive Case Leads To Early Dismissal At School In Mahopac, Number Of Cases Hits 11
Mahopac Schools Superintendent Anthony DiCarlo announced that an individual has tested positive for COVID-19 at the middle school, prompting emergency action after the number of cases in the district since September has reached 11. Students were let out of school early on Thursday, Nov. 5 as a precaution after learning of the positive case. “The Putnam County Department of Health has a contact tracing system in place for Putnam County when there is a confirmed positive case of COVID-19,” DiCarlo wrote in a letter to parents. “They work to identify those who have been in close or proximal c…
Ridgefield, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: New Case Reported At School In Ridgefield
Some 28 students and 16 staff members are in quarantine after coming into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19 at a school in Ridgefield. The new case, at Scotland Elementary School, brings the number of schools in the Ridgefield School district to seven of the nine schools in the district that have been affected by exposure to COVID-19, according to the district's data tracker. The latest announcement was sent by the district's head of nursing services Aaron Crook on Thursday, Nov. 5 in a letter to parents and school officials. According to Crook's letter, the …
Norwalk, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: School In Norwalk Closes For In-Person Learning After Confirmed Case
Another school in Fairfield County has been forced to transition back to its remote learning model after learning of a newly confirmed COVID-19 case. Late on Thursday, Nov. 5, Norwalk School District officials were notified of a confirmed COVID-19 case at Roton Middle School, forcing them into distance learning on Friday, Nov. 6 as the district and health officials completed contact tracing efforts. Earlier this week, school officials at West Rocks Middle School also announced that a staff member at West Rocks Middle School was in quarantine after testing positive for the virus, prompting t…
Scarsdale, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: Some Staffers In Westchester School Asked To Stay Home After Positive Test
Some staff members at a school in Westchester will be staying home for a few days due to the potential of COVID-19 exposure. Bronxville Schools Superintendent Roy Montesano issued a letter to parents late on Thursday, Nov. 5 cautioning that a staff member - who is not associated with a specific classroom - tested positive for the virus. According to Montesano, the staffer was not in the Bronxville School on Thursday, and did not have any close contacts with students or teachers. Montesano said that the district is in the process of contact tracing to determine who may have been exposed to…
Peekskill, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: School Goes Remote After Positive Test In Hudson Valley
Another school in the Hudson Valley was forced to revert back to remote learning after a positive COVID-19 case was confirmed. Acting Schools Superintendent Dwight Bonk issued a letter to parents on Friday, Nov. 6 cautioning that the district was made aware of a person inside the Wappingers Junior High School community tested positive for the virus. Bonk said the person who tested positive is in isolation, and contact tracing has begun. The infected person was last in the Junior High School building on Monday, Nov. 2. In response to the positive test, Bonk said that Wappingers Junior High…
New Haven, CT
Business
City Threatens To Shut Down Walmart Over
Covid-
19 Violations
A Connecticut city has issued a “final warning” against a local Walmart over alleged COVID-19 health code violations. The next time a violation is reported, the Walmart on Foxon Boulevard in New Haven can be shut down without notice, said the city's Director of Health Maritza Bond in a Wednesday, Nov, 4 letter to the big-box chain. The hand-delivered letter accused the New Haven Walmart of COVID-19 health code violations including: - Employees not wearing face masks - Employees not wearing face masks properly - Patrons not wearing facemasks - And being overcapacity. “Please know that …
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Covid-
19: New Outbreak Linked To Long Island Polling Site
A new COVID-19 outbreak has been linked to an early voting site on Long Island, officials said. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone announced this week that at least 10 COVID-19 cases have been identified in relation to an early polling site at Stony Brook University's location in Southampton. Of the confirmed cases, six of the 10 people worked at the polling site. Each of the infected people is in isolation, and contact tracing led to 48 people entering quarantine who may have been exposed, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said. Suffolk County has not been below a 1 percent pos…
Kingston, NY
Schools
Covid-
19: School Closes, 20 Quarantined After Two Students Test Positive In Area
Another Hudson Valley school will temporarily transition back to remote learning after a second student tested positive for COVID-19. Monroe-Woodbury Central School District officials announced that two students have tested positive at the middle school, forcing 20 students and staffers into temporary quarantine as they conducted contact tracing. As a result of the uptick in cases, the Monroe-Woodbury Middle School switched to distance learning for the remainder of the week, with students and teachers returning to the classroom on Monday, Nov. 9. Related story - COVID-19: High Schoo…
Fairfield, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: Student Tests Positive At Fairfield County Private School
A student at a Fairfield County private school has become the latest to test positive for COVID-19, forcing his class to temporarily transition to remote learning. Irene Maier, the school nurse at St. Luke’s School in New Canaan, said that the faculty was alerted on Monday, Nov. 2 that a student has received a confirmed positive case on Sunday, Nov. 1. The student who tested positive is currently isolating, and the school has four certified contact tracers determining who may have been exposed to the virus. As a result of the positive case, the entire ninth grade was told to stay home on M…
Mount Pleasant, NY
News
Covid-
19: High School In Area Closes After Large Halloween Weekend Gathering
A Hudson Valley high school has been forced to transition to remote learning for two weeks after multiple new COVID-19 cases were linked to a large Halloween weekend gathering. Nanuet School Superintendent Kevin McCahill announced on Tuesday, Nov. 3 that a large weekend gathering attended by multiple students will keep them out of the classroom and switching to distance learning through at least Monday, Nov. 16. The nature of the gathering is unclear, though the Rockland County Department of Health has already connected multiple COVID-19 cases to the event. The number of newly confirmed cas…
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
Schools
Covid-
19: District In Fairfield County Has Had Cases In Six Of Nine Schools
A new case of COVID-19 brings the number of schools affected by the virus to six of nine schools at a school district in Fairfield County. The case at Farmingville Elementary School, located in Ridgefield, was announced in a letter on Monday, Nov. 2, by the Ridgefield Public School District's COVID-19 Health and Safety Compliance Liaison Aaron Crook and emailed by Superintendent of Schools Susie Da Silva to parents and staff. Crook said the school is in contact with the health department and is currently in the process of contact tracing for these potential exposures. …
Wilton, CT
News
Covid-
19: New Positive Case Reported At School In Fairfield County
A person at a Fairfield County elementary school has tested positive for COVID-19, causing the school to take special measures. On Monday, Nov. 2, Janna Sirowich, Principal of Coleytown Elementary School, announced by email to parents that the person has been instructed to quarantine at home. Upon learning of the positive COVID-19 case, the administration began immediate contact tracing. Those determined to be “close contacts," including the health office staff at Coleytown Elementary School, have been notified, Sirowich said. "These individuals spent a significant amount of time in the p…
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