Clark County School District confirms one case of monkeypox at Palo Verde High School

Published: Aug 12, 2022 Duration: 00:01:46 Category: News & Politics

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WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE STRAIGHT AHEAD. BUT FIRST, DEVELOPING SNYDER CASE OF MONKEYPOX REPORTED AT PALO VERDE HIGH SCHOOL IN SUMMERLIN CCSD OFFICIALS NOT SAYING. >> IF IT WAS A STUDENT'S TEACHER OR STAFF MEMBER REPORTER SEAN DE LANCY JUST JUST GOT DONE SPEAKING WITH A PARENT THERE. HE IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL TONIGHT >> YEAH, JOE, THERE ARE NOW. 75 CONFIRMED OR SUSPECTED CASES OF MONKEYPOX IN SOUTHERN NEVADA. ONE OF WHICH WAS IDENTIFIED RIGHT HERE AT PALO VERDE HIGH SCHOOL THIS AFTERNOON, CCSD AND THE SOUTHERN HEALTH DISTRICT SAY THAT THEY WORK TOGETHER CONSTANTLY TO MONITOR FOR THE SPREAD OF DISEASES LIKE MONKEYPOX. AND THEY'VE ALREADY UNDERGONE EFFORTS TO CONTACT TRACE AND MITIGATE THE VIRUS'S SPREAD. STILL, PARENTS OF KIDS WHO GO HERE LIKE SONIA SAY THAT GETTING THE DISTRICT'S NOTIFICATION EMAIL FELT A LITTLE BIT LIKE A PUNCH IN THE GUT AS THEY'VE BEEN MONITORING THE SPREAD OF DISEASES LIKE THIS FOR WEEKS. >> I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IN THE PERIPHERAL COMING OUT OF THE LAST 2 YEARS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T BE SURPRISED AT ANYTHING ANYMORE. >> A PART OF IT SAYS THAT SHE DID APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL'S TRANSPARENCY IN ANNOUNCING THE CASE. THE PRINCIPAL HERE, PALO VERDE STRESSED MONKEYPOX, QUOTE, DOES NOT GENERALLY SPREAD IN A CLASSROOM SETTING, CITING THE NEED FOR CLOSE PHYSICAL CONTACT FOR THE VIRUS TO MOVE FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER. THE PRINCIPAL STRESS STUDENT AND STAFF SAFETY REMAINS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. PALO VERDE HIGH CCSD WILL NOT RELEASE INFORMATION ON WHETHER THE POSITIVE RESULT CAME FROM A STUDENT OR TEACHER DUE TO PRIVACY CONCERNS. AND FROM HERE, THE DISTRICT SAYS THAT THE SOUTHERN NEVADA HEALTH DISTRICT WILL BE THE ONE THAT WILL DETERMINING WHETHER ANYBODY IS AT THE HIGHER RISK OF INFECTION AND THEN CONTACTING THEM IF THEY NEED

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