Healthy Schools
Combating Coronavirus: Resources on Cleaning and Sanitizing Schools
Each day, there are more and more confirmed cases of people in the U.S. with coronavirus or COVID-19, which causes mild to severe respiratory illnesses. It’s imperative that school leaders take action to prevent the spread of the virus and create a plan in case of an outbreak in their community.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidance to K-12 schools to prepare and plan for COVID-19. The CDC considers prevention to be the best way to keep communities healthy. The guideline says:
“There is currently no vaccine to protect against COVID-19. At this point, the best way to prevent infection is to avoid being exposed to the virus that causes it. Stopping transmission…