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Summit Closes Schools For A Month Amid Coronavirus Spread
The Summit, NJ schools will close from Friday through April 10, spring break, the district announced on Thursday.
SUMMIT, NJ — The Summit School District announced on Thursday that schools will be closed starting Friday through Spring Break, April 6-10, 2020, amid concerns about the novel coronavirus pandemic. More details are available here.
The state of New Jersey said Thursday that 29 cases have been confirmed. The numbers can be tracked in New Jersey via this link. And you can use this link to read about other New Jersey school closures.
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Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that include the common cold as well as much more serious diseases. The strain that emerged in China in late 2019, now called COVID-19, is related to others that have caused serious outbreaks in recent years, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S. was on Jan. 21.
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