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In-school attendance down in Galesburg; 40% of Churchill students not in-person
GALESBURG COVID cases in Galesburg District 205 seem to be causing caution for families of students in other buildings.
Galesburg High School is remaining closed for approximately two weeks, but at other buildings, attendance has been impacted as well.
At Churchill Junior High, which teaches seventh and eighth graders, student absences appear to be on the rise.
At Churchill, 590 students are enrolled, with 91 students are learning remotely in the fourth quarter and another 54 are currently quarantined.
It appears that some of Churchill’s student body has been staying out of the building. The district says 91 were absent Thursday, and 93 were absent Friday.
Erin Olson, the Director of Wellness and Public Information Officer with the Knox County Health Department,
went to Facebook Thursday to show off the new site.
Additionally, she talked about some of the details of the upcoming
“If you are a minor, you do need to have a parent or legal guardian who will be with you the entire time, to sign the legal consent. Also, to be here during your vaccine. So, that is again open to anyone 16 and up. Anyone in the State of Illinois is available to register for this vaccine.”
Patients will need a second dose between 21 and 42 days after the first dose.
Uptick in Knox County COVID-19 cases causing concern
GALESBURG Knox County s weekly counts of COVID-19 cases continue to be a cause for caution. The Knox County Unified Command announced 32 cases of COVID-19 Friday as having been found between Tuesday and Thursday in the county.
That amount of cases over three days is more than half of the number all of the previous week, when 52 new cases were detected in the county. Of the 32 cases, 27 of were under the age of 50.
The new cases include two girls under the age of 10, two boys under the age of 10, two girls in their 10s, six women in their 20s, three men in their 20s, three women in their 30s, four men in their 30s, four women in their 40s, one man in his 40s, one woman in her 50s, one man in his 50s, one man in his 60s, a woman in her 70s, and a man in his 70s.
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