{"id":50740,"date":"2020-10-27T17:26:09","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T23:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ignacio-students-quarantined-because-of-covid-19-case\/"},"modified":"2020-10-27T23:26:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T23:26:09","slug":"ignacio-students-quarantined-because-of-covid-19-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ignacio-students-quarantined-because-of-covid-19-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignacio students quarantined because of COVID-19 case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=edba35d6-418f-475d-a586-7031527f3858&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" alt=\"\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Ignacio School District quarantined a cohort of fifth grade students Monday after receiving reports that one student tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The family notified the district of the positive test results Monday, said Superintendent Rocco Fuschetto. The quarantine is a precautionary measure while San Juan Basin Public Health investigates the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSJBPH has not yet confirmed a positive test result for the person in question,\u201d said Claire Ninde, SJBPH spokeswoman. \u201cWe are still looking into this and are in communication with ISD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because the school has divided students into cohorts, only 17 students were affected by the quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>Of those, 11 were studying in-person, and six were already learning remotely, Fuschetto said.<\/p>\n<p>The last day the student had contact with others at the school was Oct. 21, so the cohort\u2019s two-week quarantine is scheduled to last until Nov. 5. The Ignacio Elementary School administration will also send updates to parents and guardians of the quarantined students.<\/p>\n<p>The district is also distributing information to its community about how to recognize signs of COVID-19 versus the flu, common cold, asthma and other illnesses that share symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll just keep monitoring all the other students,\u201d Fuschetto said. \u201cWe have to be alert if something happens in any of the other classes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Community members should practice precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as cases rise in Colorado and holidays approach, Ninde said.<\/p>\n<p>SJBPH urged people to:<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">Stay at home as much as possible.<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">Practice social distancing (at least 6 feet away from another person).<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">Wear face coverings when in public (a mask order is still in effect in indoor public spaces).<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">Practice good hygiene (washing hands, covering coughs and sneezes, etc.).<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">Get tested if you have symptoms or believe you\u2019ve been exposed through a known contact or community interaction.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:smullane@durangoherald.com\">smullane@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">Stay at home as much as possible.<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">Practice social distancing (at least 6 feet away from another person).<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">Wear face coverings when in public (a mask order is still in effect in indoor public spaces).<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">Practice good hygiene (washing hands, covering coughs and sneezes, etc.).<\/em><em class=\"mwc_body_bullet\">Get tested if you have symptoms or believe you\u2019ve been exposed through a known contact or community interaction.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cohort sent home until Nov. 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,4854,2765,29,4691],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-50740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-ignacio-elementary-school","tag-ignacio-school-district-11-jt","tag-newsletter","tag-pine-river-times-news"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50740"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=50740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}