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Second Manor ISD employee tests positive for COVID-19, district says

This is the second employee to test positive in under a week.

MANOR, Texas — A second employee at Manor Independent School District has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the school district. The announcement came shortly after the district shared it would extend spring break until May 1.

The employee works at Manor Early College High School and tested positive on Thursday, March 26.

The school district said the employee came in contact with staff and students before school was dismissed for spring break.

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"The 14-day incubation window ends Friday, March 27, so we are asking that anyone who was at MECHS or came in contact with someone at that campus, to self-monitor, and social distance in accordance with CDC guidance," the school district wrote in a Facebook post.

Manor ISD Community; As we continue to move through the COVID-19 pa... ndemic, MISD administrators are doing everything we can to keep you updated on the spread of this virus. Today, March 26, 2020, Manor ISD received communication from a second district employee who has tested positive for the virus.

Because the virus can live on surfaces for several days, the school district will keep Manor High School and Manor Early College High School sealed and secured until further notice.

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Two days prior, on Tuesday, March 24, Manor ISD confirmed that an employee had tested positive for coronavirus.

That individual visited the MHS campus on Monday, unaware that they had contracted the virus. 

MHS has been closed to the public since March 13, and only MISD staff with special permission has been allowed on campus since then. 

MISD said, unaware that this individual had contracted the virus, the janitorial staff went into the empty building and disinfected the areas the person occupied, as per MISD protocols. 

MISD said the individual did not have physical contact with the janitorial staff or any other staff while on the MHS campus. 

The two janitors who cleaned the area will be self-monitoring at home for 14 days as a precaution.

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