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SFGATE: 1st case of COVID-19 virus confirmed in Rhode Island

1st case of COVID-19 virus confirmed in Rhode Island
Published on March 02, 2020 at 05:05AM by

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has its first confirmed case of the new COVID-19 virus, state public health officials announced Sunday, prompting dozens of people to be self-quarantined and a Catholic High School to close while it's being sanitized.

The Rhode Island Department of Health said the unidentified male patient is in his 40s and had traveled to Italy in mid-February. State public health officials are working with the hospital where the man is currently being treated to ensure all infection protocols are being followed.

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo cautioned resident at a press conference Sunday that there's “no need for panic.”

“At this point in time, the general level of risk for Rhode islanders is low," she said.

A few hours after the press conference, a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Catholic high school located on the Massachusetts border posted an online statement saying students and chaperones who were on a trip to Europe with an infected person will be out of school until March 9.

They are being self-quarantined with state supervision, according to the statement.

The person has not been at Saint Raphael Academy “since returning from Europe,” the school's statement said in confirming that a member of its “community has had a ‘presumptive positive’ test result to the coronavirus.”

State officials have not identified the patient or anyone who has been quarantined.

The school said “out of an abundance of caution” it has decided to cancel in-school classes and instead hold “Virtual Days” at home Tuesday and Wednesday for students, faculty and staff as the ongoing campus sanitation continues. Also, after-school activities and practices, including sports, are canceled. Classes are scheduled to resume Wednesday.

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