RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Update at 6:45 p.m.: Washoe County School District Officials are giving an updated count on schools impacted by illness outbreaks. They say, four total schools are impacted, including 2 for respiratory illnesses only, 1 for gastrointestinal illnesses only, and 1 for both.
Update at 3:14 p.m.: The WCSD has added one school to its list of schools that are on outbreak status.
The district did not name the school but added one school due to a gastrointestinal outbreak.
Original Article: The Washoe County School district says five of their schools are on outbreak status. One for both respiratory and gastrointestinal illnesses, two for just respiratory illness and two for just gastrointestinal illness.
In addition, they say 19 other classrooms are also listed on outbreak status, fifteen of them for respiratory and four for gastrointestinal illness.
We have reached out for more details on which schools are under the status, and what steps are being taken to mitigate the spread. We will share that when it becomes available.
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