An employee of a Paulding County elementary school and a nearby childcare center have both tested positive for the coronavirus, according to letters from the schools.
The Paulding school employee works at Shelton Elementary School on Cedarcrest Road, near Dallas. The daycare worker is employed at Childcare Network, also on Cedarcrest Road. The names of those with the virus were not released.
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“The health of our students and staff is our highest concern, and as Shelton Elementary and all other Paulding County schools are closed at this time, we will be conducting a thorough cleaning of the facility using a commercial virucide disinfectant,” the district said in a letter to parents. “This will be an additional step to the ongoing disinfecting/sanitizing taking place in all Paulding County schools and buses during the closure.”
In a letter to parents, the childcare center said it will be closed this week.
“During our closure, the building will undergo a full deep clean,” the center said. “We encourage children to stay home in the meantime to limit the possible spread of the virus.”
According to Georgia's Department of Early Care and Learning, the employee has been exposed to family members with the coronavirus, but has not yet been tested.
Earlier Monday, the state Department of Public Health said Georgia now has 121 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Those numbers only included one case in Paulding.
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