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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Thousands of cardinal Maryland students are successful quarantine arsenic much students and unit are investigating affirmative for COVID-19.
In Carroll County nationalist schools, determination are much than 200 affirmative cases and much than 1200 students are successful quarantine.
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Northwest Middle School had to unopen down for 2 days due to the fact that of an outbreak. The schoolhouse is expected to reopen Thursday. WJZ saw a investigating halfway acceptable up extracurricular the schoolhouse today.
More than 200 radical successful Carroll County nationalist schools person contracted #COVID19. More than 1,200 are successful quarantine. Today, I spoke to a vaccinated begetter who told maine helium conscionable contracted covid. His woman and kids person it too. 3 of his kids be Carroll County schools. @wjz pic.twitter.com/yzlxQFKV6X
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) September 22, 2021
Brian Schisler has 3 children successful the Carroll County Public schoolhouse system. He said helium and his wife—along with their children—recently tested positive.
He said the symptoms are mostly mild. “Our 12-year-old who has asthma is conscionable present starting to get better. She had 4 beauteous unsmooth days. She had a sore body, tightness successful her chest,” the begetter said.
Schisler told WJZ Investigator Mike Hellgren his children wore masks successful school, adjacent though Carroll County made them optional astatine the commencement of the caller schoolhouse year.
“I deliberation we started disconnected not with the champion ft forward. I deliberation past the numbers slapped them successful the face. Now, they’re knowing this is inactive here,” Schisler told Hellgren.
Schisler believes his household contracted the microorganism done the schools.
“Honestly, I judge that’s wherever it came from—especially the simple school. Understand, it’s got to beryllium precise hard to support masks connected kids successful simple school,” helium said.
Schisler said helium whitethorn location schoolhouse his children erstwhile they person afloat recovered. “The different happening was radical were pulled into reasoning if you got the vaccine, you would not get covid. From what I’m seeing, a batch of radical who were vaccinated are starting to get covid.”
Maureen Aversa has 2 children successful Carroll County schools who person been vaccinated. Still, she is concerned. She fought the schoolhouse board’s determination to marque masks optional, which authorities lawmakers aboriginal overruled.
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“What we privation is simply a harmless learning situation for our children,” Aversa told Hellgren. “Let’s deliberation astir however galore kids we are putting retired of schoolhouse unnecessarily due to the fact that this committee wanted to hold and spot what happens and due to the fact that we’re antithetic successful Carroll County,” Aversa said.
Lindsay Jensen pulled her 2 children retired of Carroll County schools implicit interest astir their archetypal deficiency of mandatory masking. She started a petition successful favour of a schoolhouse disguise mandate that garnered much than 2,500 signatures.
“I person nary spot successful our committee of ed to bash what is close by our kids,” Jensen told Hellgren.
Other schoolhouse districts are seeing cases emergence including successful Anne Arundel County, which has 1335 students and 29 unit members successful quarantine and 223 active, affirmative cases among students. There are 18 active, affirmative cases among staff.
There are much than 50 caller cases contiguous successful Anne Arundel County schools and astir 300 much radical are successful quarantine. There are much than 1300 successful quarantine overall. @wjz pic.twitter.com/FlhFQRZkXv
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) September 22, 2021
Public schools successful Howard County person recorded much than 50 affirmative cases successful the past 7 days.
Baltimore City schools person had 247 cases successful the past 10 days.
Baltimore County nationalist schools reported 240 cases done Sept. 17.
Here are the apical #COVID19 outbreaks successful Maryland schools according to the authorities Dept. of Health. @wjz pic.twitter.com/HAJlSTAqwv
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) September 22, 2021
The largest outbreaks arsenic reported by Maryland’s Department of Health see 39 cases astatine Margaret Brent Middle School successful St. Mary’s County. There person been 37 cases astatine Talmudical Academy successful Baltimore County. Leonardtown High School has 25 cases. Broadfording Christian Academy successful Washington County has 25 cases. Carter G. Woodson Elementary successful Somerset County has 23 cases, and Friends School successful Baltimore City has 23 cases.
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