80 exposed after child sent to school with COVID, Washoe district says

RENO — About 80 radical person been exposed to the coronavirus aft a schoolhouse territory successful bluish Nevada said a genitor knowingly sent a kid to schoolhouse 2 days aft learning the pupil tested positive.

The Washoe County School District, which covers the Reno area, said successful a connection Wednesday that the genitor had besides tested affirmative and “refused to communicate” with Marce Herz Middle School.

The names of the student, genitor and different exposed radical were not released.

Some students were sent location to quarantine but the territory did not specify however galore determination were. Those kept from schoolhouse are expected to enactment successful home-learning and support up with schoolhouse work, officials said.

The territory urged parents and others to cooperate with illness investigators.

“It’s imperative that we cod accusation from affirmative cases successful bid to trim transmission successful the community,” the connection said.

Unvaccinated students sent location whitethorn instrumentality to schoolhouse if they instrumentality COVID-19 tests aft 5 days of quarantine and trial antagonistic and are escaped of symptoms, the territory said.

Fully vaccinated students whitethorn instrumentality to schoolhouse if they are escaped of symptoms and bring their vaccination records for validation by a schoolhouse nurse, the territory said.