An elementary school worker near Portland, Oregon has become the first person in the state to contract COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus. The latest case, along with a student in Washington state, will be the third and fourth cases in the United States of “community transmission” of the disease.
Community transmission cases are concerning, according to the HuffPost, because the individuals with the disease haven’t traveled to high-risk areas and they haven’t had any contact with infected populations, as far as we know.
Lake Oswego, a wealthy community just south of Portland, closed its elementary school in order to disinfect it. Students were told to stay home and watch for symptoms of the disease. The school employee began showing symptoms on February 19 and continued to work at the school, so students and staff may have been exposed to the virus. Currently, the individual is being treated at a hospital in a different part of the state.
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