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Pickens addresses Coronavirus and precautionary quarantine on a teacher

JASPER, Ga. – The Pickens County Board of Education has released an official press release regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Georgia and a possible connection with a teacher having eaten at the Waffle House with a reported case.

While they assure the public that the teacher is showing no signs of the virus, they have taken precautionary measures for the teacher to self-quarantine for the near future. The teacher in question worked at Harmony Elementary School.

They also repeat that there are no current signs or reported cases of the virus in Pickens County Schools.

The following is their full release:

Pickens County School System Press Release on Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Lonnie Adams

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