Tennessee woman collects child from school covered head-to-toe in trash bags while another student is sprayed with disinfectant at the gates after member of staff went into coronavirus quarantine
- Worker at Treadwell Middle School has been quarantined, officials said Monday
- They came into contact with the first confirmed coronavirus case in the county
- Footage shows one youngster being sprayed with disinfectant as he left school
- One mother used wipes to clean down her son and his belongings; another relative wore a face mask, plastic bags on her head, feet and under her clothes
- Officials there insist the threat to the public and school-age children remains low
- There are more than 790 cases of the virus in the US; 28 people have died from it
A student was collected by a relative covered head to toe in trash bags Monday after a worker at his Tennessee school was quarantined over coronavirus fears.
Footage taken by Fox13 shows another youngster was sprayed with disinfectant as he left Treadwell Middle School.
One mother used wipes to clean down her son, telling the network: ‘Nobody wants their child to be sick and nobody wants their child to take that virus to their house.’
Annie Jones wore a face mask, plastic bags on her head, feet and under her clothes to pick up her nephew Monday. She said: ‘They ain’t giving us no up to date about what’s going on. We don’t know.’
The drastic measures taken by parents at Treadwell Middle School came after officials there confirmed an employee had been quarantined.
That worker is said to have come into contact with the first confirmed coronavirus case in the county, the Shelby County Health Department confirmed Monday.
Annie Jones wore a face mask, plastic bags on her head, feet and under her clothes to pick up her nephew Monday. She said: ‘They ain’t giving us no up to date about what’s going on’
Footage shows another youngster was sprayed with disinfectant as he left school on Monday
Video courtesy of Fox13
Officials there insist the threat to the general public and school-age children remains low. They said in a statement: ‘Please note that quarantine helps keep the spread of any illness to a minimum and is not an immediate cause for alarm.
‘SCS supports this very cautious approach, there is no expected risk to school-age children at this time.’
A number of parents are said to have removed their children from the school.
Grandparent Willie Wilson told Fox 13: ‘It’s overseas, now it’s on the homefront. It’s a war here within.’
Parent Latrice Colbert said: ‘I know this is very serious so I’m just going to make him a doctor’s appointment and get him checked out.
‘I’m trying to be cautious with my children, myself and my husband washing our hands frequently. Every ten to fifteen minutes.’
Annie Jones, pictured, wore a face mask, plastic bags on her head, feet and under her clothes
The drastic measures taken by parents at Treadwell Middle School, pictured, came after officials there confirmed an employee had been quarantined
There are currently 795 cases of the virus in the US and 28 people have died from it.
And fears over the rapidly growing number of coronavirus cases in the US has led to questions over whether America will be forced to go into lockdown like parts of Italy and China, the countries which have been so far the worst-hit by the epidemic.
President Trump adamantly stated on Monday during the day that nothing in the country was shutting down or failing due to the virus, despite financial chaos that brought Wall Street its worst day since 2008, a mass of school closures and growing number of diagnoses across the country.
On Monday night, he conceded that the stock exchange chaos had ‘blindsided’ him but still urged people not to panic.
Trump later announced an economic bailout plan which would help alleviate the immediate damage of the crisis.
The SEC became the first federal agency to tell people to work from home on Tuesday.
New York City mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday morning that the city would not be shutting down due to ‘undue fear’ but that he could not rule out a lockdown in the future.
