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MINERAL WELLS -- An employee at Mineral Wells Elementary School has tested positive for COVID-19.
Wood County Schools made the announcement this morning on its Facebook page, saying the district is working closely with the Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department to identify anyone who may have had close contact with the individual. A spokesperson for the district confirmed the person was a staff member.
“Any individual(s) that need to be quarantined, based on the guidance of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), will be contacted by the Health Department,” the release says.
The Health Department is conducting an investigation and doing contact tracing. Anyone identified as a potential contact through that process will be notified, the release says.
“Please understand that contact tracing and testing takes time and that there are levels of contact: low, medium, and high,” it says. “Notifications will be made while maintaining confidentiality when a close contact is confirmed and quarantine is necessary. The health department will notify Wood County Schools when an employee or student is placed in quarantine.”
The release asks community members to continue to follow established COVID-19 protocols, including handwashing, use of hand sanitizer, wearing face coverings and practicing social distancing.
Read more in Friday’s edition of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel.