History is made every day. Minute by minute, second by second.
The coronavirus is now on the Ridge.
From the Chicago Tribune:
6:55 a.m. Friday: Catholic school on Far South Side closes after student tests positive for coronavirus
St. Margaret of Scotland School, 9833 S. Throop St., in the Longwood Manor neighborhood, was closed Friday until at least March 23 after a student who also attended school Mass on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19, according to a letter to parents on the school’s website.
The student appears to be the second child who has tested positive for coronavirus in Chicago and the state. Although state officials announced Friday that the first child in the state had tested positive for the virus, officials at Bernard Zell Anshe Emet Day School, which also is closed, had previously announced that the parents of a child at the school and the child had tested positive for COVID-19.
The school had been scheduled to start spring break after classes Friday, according to the letter.
St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church also was not holding its usual daily Mass as the church and school are cleaned and disinfected, according to the letter from parish Pastor the Rev. Donald O. Eruaga and Principal Shauntae Davis.
City health officials have said students, parishioners and parents do not need to be tested for coronavirus at this time or need to self-quarantine unless they begin showing symptoms of COVID-19, according to the letter. — Chicago Tribune staff