2 Rhode Island Coronavirus Cases Tied To Italy Trip

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Two people who returned to Rhode Island from a trip to Europe tested positive for the new coronavirus disease, and a third person from the trip is undergoing tests, health officials said. A man in his 40s contracted the virus after traveling to Italy in mid-February, prompting dozens of people to be self-quarantined and the Catholic high school that organized the trip to close while it’s being sanitized, the Rhode Island Department of Health said in a statement Sunday. Hours later, the state Department of Health released another statement saying that a teenage girl from the trip had tested positive for COVID-19, and a third person, a woman in her 30s, is undergoing tests. Related: How Can I Prevent Coronavirus? Should I Wear A Mask? And Other Questions Presumptive positive cases still need to be verified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state health department spokesman Joseph Wendelken said. Saint Raphael Academy, a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, school located on the Massachusetts border, posted an online statement Sunday afternoon that said students and chaperones who were on the trip to Europe will be out of school until March 9. “All 38 of the people who went on this trip will be self-monitoring for symptoms at home for 14 days with public health supervision,” the state Department of Health’s second statement said. “They have been instructed to not go to school or work and to remain at home for these 14...
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