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

Press release from City School District of Albany:

October 5, 2021

The City School District of Albany was notified Tuesday of four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in our schools.

The first two cases involve Albany High School. One individual is associated with Abrookin Career and Technical Center, was last in the building on Oct. 1 and is quarantining at home. The Albany County Health Department has identified five additional contacts with the case. Two of the contacts are vaccinated and do not require quarantining; the rest are quarantining at home. The other individual is associated with ninth grade and was last in the building on Sept. 28. The health department has identified no additional contacts with the case.

The third case involves an individual at Albany School of Humanities (ASH) who is associated with third grade and was last in the building on Oct. 1. The health department has identified 10 additional contacts. All are quarantining at home.

Tuesday’s fourth and final case involves an individual at Eagle Point Elementary School who is associated with fourth grade and was last in the building on Oct. 1. The health department has identified 12 additional contacts, and 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/ 
• In alignment with the recommendations of federal, state and local health and medical professionals, the City School District of Albany strongly encourages everyone 12 and older who is eligible and able to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
  • You can find information about COVID-19 vaccinations on the Albany County Health Department website:
    • https://www.albanycounty.com/departments/health/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccination 

This press release was produced by City School District of Albany. The views expressed here are the author’s own.