Schools in one Mississippi town just reopened – guess what happened next

[Andy Meek]

• The latest coronavirus update from the school district in Corinth, Mississippi, is not surprising.
• Barely a week after schools reopened, more than 100 students have already been sent home to quarantine themselves, and half a dozen positive coronavirus cases in the student body have already been identified as of the time of this writing.
• Experts are worried that Mississippi is becoming a new coronavirus hotspot state in the US.

The latest coronavirus update out of Mississippi, and specifically the town of Corinth where schools just reopened last week, should surprise absolutely no one.

By the end of the first week of school, one student had tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. That spurred the district to send more than 100 students home to quarantine and make sure they don't have the virus. Just a few days later, the district's total number of infected students had climbed to six, along with one staff member having tested positive for the virus since the start of school on July 27. "If you were notified," reads an update the district posted on Facebook, "your child will need to quarantine for 14 days from the last known contact with the individuals. While quarantining your child may not attend school or any school activities. However, they should continue working digitally in order to be counted present."

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