GREENSBORO, N.C. — YESS Learning Center reported multiple coronavirus cases on July 17, at their preschool center on Hilltop Road.
The center reported seven total cases of COVID-19, including three children and four staff members.
The COVID-19 cluster is the first in a preschool in Guilford County and the second cluster in the Triad, with 11 statewide.
The facility owner, Felicia Price, released the following statement to WFMY News 2 on Thursday.
"It has been over a month since we have had a confirmed case within our facility. And according to the State's definition of a cluster, there also has to be a plausible epidemiologic linkage between cases," Price said. "This means that there is no other more likely source of exposure for the identified cases. Knowing that the staff who tested positive went to a party outside of our facility is a good indication that the spread was not within our facility. The staff that did not go to the outside gathering tested negative. The outside gathering is the common denominator here; therefore, our facility does not meet the definition of a cluster based on the definition on the State's website. The three children reported are siblings within the same household. I am working with the State and local health department on corrections."
Here is how the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services defines COVID- 19 clusters in occupational, educational, and community settings.
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