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What should schools do if a student is sick? Here's what Iowa recommends
The Gazette
Jul. 30, 2020 1:28 pm, Updated: Jul. 30, 2020 3:01 pm
If a student of staff member at a school shows symptoms of COVID-19, what happens? What should schools do if there are high rates of the virus in a community? Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' office shared these documents on Thursday that provide steps schools should follow.
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The first document details how schools can evaluate students and staff if they have symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. The second document provides school districts strategies for what to do based on the rates of community spread of COVID-19.
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A main hallway is seen empty at Cleveland Elementary School in Cedar Rapids on Friday, July 17, 2020. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)