City School District Of Albany: July 26 COVID-19 Case

Press release from City School District of Albany:

July 26, 2021

The City School District of Albany was notified Monday of one new confirmed case of COVID-19 involving a summer program at Eagle Point Elementary School. 

The individual was last in the building July 21 and is now quarantined at home. The Albany County Health Department has identified 13 additional contacts -- 11 at school and two on a First Student bus. 

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.