More than 800 students ordered to stay away from school amid measles outbreak in Washington
By Morgan Gstalter - 03/07/19 01:24 PM EST
More than 800 students in the Washington county that is battling one of the nation’s largest measles outbreaks have been ordered to stay away from classrooms for up to three weeks, The Seattle Times reported Wednesday.
Students deemed to have been exposed to the measles have been told to stay away from schools, the paper reported. According to the Times, if one student is diagnosed with measles, all classmates are considered exposed. All parents who cannot provide vaccination information for their child has been ordered to keep their child away, the newspaper noted.
Students in Clark County, Wash., have missed field trips, after-school activities and an assembly honoring Martin Luther King Jr., since the outbreak began spreading in early January.
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