Schools must notify at-risk contacts within 12 hours, send weekly updates
Houston High School students are social distanced while attending Physics class on the first day of school Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Schools have responsibility to contact people who may have come in contact with the virus on school property. It must happen within 12 hours.
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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