Newly updated state data has revealed that three children in Georgia have now tested positive for Monkeypox.
Newton County School System–which went back to school in early August, confirmed that at least one kid at Mansfield Elementary in Mansfield, Georgia, has tested positive for Monkeypox, and one student at Flint Hill Elementary in Oxford, Georgia, is currently undergoing tests.
It’s not clear if these cases are at all connected. The schools are located about 13 miles apart. Further information on how the students may have contracted the virus is not available at this time–due to privacy concerns, according to school officials.
The school district has sent word to the parents, officials said, and parents of students believed to be close contacts will get separate communications guiding them on the next steps.
The school district wrote in a report on Tuesday.
“NCSS facilities employees will thoroughly clean and disinfect classrooms and other areas at both schools this afternoon to ensure ongoing safe and healthy learning and work environments for students and staff. Both schools will be open tomorrow.”
