City School District Of Albany: June 7 COVID-19 Confirmed Case

Press release from City School District of Albany:

June 7, 2021

The City School District of Albany was notified Monday of one new confirmed case of COVID-19 in the district. 

The case involves an individual associated with Arbor Hill Elementary School who was last in the building on June 4 is quarantined at home. The Albany County Health Department has identified no additional contacts with the case.

Health and safety procedures at all district buildings continue to include cleaning and sanitizing nightly. We will continue with these procedures, and also will continue to follow all required COVID-19 precautions (pre-arrival symptom screening and temperature screening for students and staff, wearing masks, hand hygiene, social distancing of 6 feet or more, and other precautions).

We also would like to remind everyone of steps you can take to help be safe:

• Signs of COVID-19 are: fever, fatigue/tiredness, muscle/body aches or pains, congestion, cough, runny nose, shortness of breath/difficulty breathing, nausea/vomiting or diarrhea, headache, loss of taste or smell, rash, feeling sick or unwell in any way.
• You can get a COVID-19 test by calling the New York State Department of Health COVID-19 Hotline at (888) 364-3065, or Whitney M. Young Jr. Health Center at (518) 407-0172 or (518) 465-4771.
  • You also can find resources here:
    • https://covid19screening.health.ny.gov/
    • https://www.wmyhealth.org/covid-19-updates/covid-19-testing/ 

This press release was produced by City School District of Albany. The views expressed here are the author’s own.