Maryland closes schools after state’s first case of infection through community transmission

Thomas Stone High School in Waldorf, like all Maryland schools, will be closed from March 16-27, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Chay Masagca, EBC Washington DC Bureau, Eagle News Service.

By Chay Masagca
EBC Washington DC Bureau

MARYLAND (Eagle News) — Hours after the closure of several schools in Maryland, Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Karen Salmon announced this afternoon the closure of all schools in the state from March 16-27, 2020 to curtail the spread of COVID-19, now a global pandemic. This, after Governor Larry Hogan reported to Marylanders the first patient of COVID-19 through community transmission, that is, the patient has no known exposure to the virus, either from an infected individual or from one who traveled to high risk countries. The closure is part of the major steps the state government is set to take to protect public health.

(Eagle News Service)