City School District Of Albany: Aug. 5 COVID-19 Cases

Press release from City School District of Albany:

August 6, 2021

The City School District of Albany was notified Thursday evening of two new confirmed cases of COVID-19. 

The first case involves an individual associated with Albany High School. The person was last in the building on Aug. 3 and is quarantining at home. The Albany County Health Department has identified no additional contacts with this case.

The second case involves an individual associated with Stephen and Harriet Myers Middle School. The person was last in the building on Aug. 3 and is quarantining at home. The health department has identified 22 additional contacts with this case; all are quarantining at home.

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 (wearing masks inside all district buildings, hand hygiene, social distancing of 3 feet or more in all classrooms, 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.