Henrico Schools relaxes COVID-19 quarantine rules
Henrico Newsflash – Sept. 9, 2021
Henrico Schools relaxes COVID-19 quarantine rules
Hours before President Joe Biden announced he was urging states to require school employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, Henrico Schools officials announced the division will ease up on some quarantine guidelines in an effort to keep students and staff engaged with in-person learning as much as possible.
The length of quarantines for unvaccinated people who have experienced a “close contact” with a COVID-19 infected person has been shortened from 14 days to 10 days, HCPS Chief of Staff Beth Teigen told school board members Thursday afternoon.
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