MANATEE COUNTY (WSNN) – Manatee County school’s first week saw several COVID-19 exposures.
Communication Director, Michael Barber says the District Operations Center has an epidemiologist and a registered nurse who are working to contact trace the reported cases.
As people exposed to the virus have to stay home for 14 days he says this method helps them diminish the number of kids and staff who have to go home.
Students and employees are treated the same way; no one should come into school if they’ve been exposed to a positive case or are feeling symptoms.
“By doing the contact tracing with a trained epidemiologist, they really help us determine, ‘who do we need to send home to isolate, and who has really not been exposed directly to this confirmed case,'” Barber said.
Barber says he can’t disclose the case numbers, but he says it’s small.
Coronavirus cases are inevitable, so Barber says the district is hopeful things continue to go in this positive fashion with the fewest
