Three Jewish schools in New York have closed today after suspected Coronavirus cases in the area, YWN reported.
The first school to alert the parent body is “Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy”, better known by the acronym SAR Academy. The school is located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, on West 254th Street.
SAR Academy and SAR High School said in a statement that it was a precautionary measure, following guidelines from the New York City Department of Health.
Yeshiva World News has reported that a father of a student(s) in the SAR Academy is listed in serious condition in a Manhattan hospital. He works in Manhattan and was recently in Miami.
Two additional Jewish schools then sent out emails announcing the closures, both of them located in Westchester County: Westchester Day School and Westchester Torah Academy.
Both schools in Westchester say in an email they will only be closed today (March 3rd), and it was done as a precautionary measure after consultation with the Westchester Health Department. It appears the cancellation was done after the children were already en route to school, and the buses rerouted and took the children back to their homes.
In a statement Tuesday morning, Mayor Bill De Blasio said:
“Yesterday, a New York State resident with respiratory issues was diagnosed with the Coronavirus at a New York City hospital. The patient remains hospitalized and is in serious condition. City and State disease detectives are working closely to identify close contacts and the appropriate next steps. The test was conducted by the New York City Public Health Laboratory on our first day of testing. With the results confirmed within a number of hours, we were immediately able to take next steps to stop the spread of this virus. We have said from the beginning that it is likely we will see more positive cases of the Coronavirus. We are working closely with our State and Federal partners to ensure we are taking the highest precautions to keep New Yorkers safe.”
Refuah Shleima!
I worry about 770 with so many people coming from all over the world coughing and sneezing
Israel is putting everyone coming from italy who is an israeli citizen into quarantine. Non citizens of china italy and other countries arent allowed in.
In 770 those coughing should maybe wearing face masks?
Good point and there should by more thorough cleaning as well as hand sanitizer stations put up throughout.
Eliezer yitchak Ben shifra
This is that moment where it might have been useful to teach our children and adults about germs in school. You know, like the basic stuff.
I have seen skeptics who say that this is just hysteria, and
is no worse than the flu. Well, according to the numbers put out by
the health authorities it seems that the rate of death from the
flu is approximately 1 in 1000, whereas for the carona virus it is 1 in 40!
SAR High School is on 259th Street just west of Riverdale avenue. The lower grades are on 254th.
The womens section in 770 is so dirty especially the bathrooms, there is tissues all over the floor, people do not flush after they use toilet, and know with this cardivirus I would not use the bathroom, I dont even like to go up to the ladies section to daven
I’m sorry to say, but any public bathroom is going to be in the same way. I’ve only seen one public bathroom that actually was in a good condition, and that was a Teacher’s bathroom in a school.