Mascoutah School District food service employee tests positive for coronavirus
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A Mascoutah School District food service department employee has tested positive for COVID-19, the district announced Monday.
The food service worker helped prepare meals that were handed out on March 22, but people who received the meals had “ a very low risk” of exposure to coronavirus, the district said.
“In an effort to remain transparent, we felt it was important to inform all of our families of the district’s first known case of COVID-19. Based on the information we know and with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, anyone who picked up a sack lunch on March 22 would be at a very low risk for exposure,” the district said in a message to parents and employees.
On March 22, “the employee had no symptoms and had no contact with anyone picking up meals. Under advisement from the St. Clair County Health Department, we notified any employees that had close contact with the employee who tested positive,” the district said.
The district said it was informed on Sunday of the employee’s positive test result.
“Per CDC guidelines we are taking this opportunity to remind everyone to practice social distancing, to self-monitor by taking their temperature periodically, and to remain alert for respiratory symptoms (e.g., cough, shortness of breath, sore throat),” the district said.
Earlier Monday, Belleville School District 201 announced that a bus driver who had been delivering lunches had also tested positive for the coronavirus.
