Local Institutions Close to Slow Spread of Coronavirus

As of Thursday am, one Coronavirus case in lower Westchester has cascaded into an entire web of cases and closures. Testing concluded that the New Rochelle attorney who is infected, passed the virus to his family, friends of the family and a neighbor who drove him to the doctor. A total of eleven people connected to the Manhattan attorney were infected. Once experts traced all the places these people had visited, it caused a wide swath of closings.

It appears that the best way to control the virus is for people to self-quarantine if they believe they were exposed or are experiencing symptoms. Governor Cuomo is calling on people to police themselves and their families and to self-quarantine to stop the spread of the virus and further closings.

As of Thursday here are closings nearby:

SAR Academy and SAR High School in Riverdale

Young Israel in New Rochelle

The Windward School: Closed March 5 and 6 for cleaning

Bet Am Shalom is closed for the next 48 hours due to the presence of three students and two parents from the Westchester Torah Academy that rents space at Bet Am.

Hastings-on-Hudson School District closed March 5 and 6 to sanitize the building after they were notified that a parent whose children attend school in the district was physically present in a location that was closed due to contact with a person under quarantine.

Mt. Vernon Schools are closed March 5 and 6 because a doctor advised the school that two students have been quarantined for possible exposure to the virus.

Yeshiva University shut down their campus on Wednesday March 4 when they learned that the son of the New Rochelle man had been diagnosed with COVID-19.