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Less than a week into the school year, thousands of students in a Florida county are either quarantined or in isolation because of COVID-19.
As of Monday, 5,599 students in Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida are either isolated due to a positive case or quarantine due to exposure to COVID-19. That’s an increase of about 1,200 students from Friday when officials said 4,477 students had to be quarantined.
The number includes students who either tested positive or were exposed, maskless, to a positive case. The district does not require vaccinated students to quarantine after exposure unless they develop symptoms.
Meanwhile, 316 school district employees are also quarantining, up from 289 last week.
The Hillsborough County School Board is set to hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the latest impacts and the best way to mitigate the spread of the virus, “up to and including mandatory face coverings for all students and staff,” a notice from the district said.
The board will allow for one hour of public comment at the meeting, which will be held in the school board’s auditorium.
