New Rochelle Temple Halts Services After Attendee Tests Positive for COVID-19, Two Westchester School Districts Close Out of Safety for Students, Staff

COVID -19 UPDATE

According to a Westchester County press release, Temple Young Israel in New Rochelle, at the direction of New York State, Westchester County Health Commissioner Dr. Sherlita Amler has directed that Temple Young Israel in New Rochelle halt all services immediately and for the foreseeable future due to potential COVID-19 exposure connected to the man who tested positive today.

Additionally, congregants of the Temple who attended services on February 22, and a funeral and a bat mitzvah at the temple on February 23 must self-quarantine until at the very earliest March 8. Those who do not self-quarantine will be mandated by the County Department of Health to do so.

The situation is unfolding, and we will bring you more information as it becomes available.

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Today, according to the New York Post, two Westchester school districts have closed their classrooms because of coronavirus scares — in an “an abundance of caution". 

According to the New York Post article, Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District and Mount Vernon City School District both announced that all their schools would be closed for the rest of the week.

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