Parents could be criminally charged after knowingly sending child with Covid to school and sparking outbreak

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The parents continued sending their children to an elementary school in California for 7 days despite knowing that one of them is COVID-positive.

Around 75 students of the Neil Cummins Elementary School in Corte Madera, California were forced to quarantine, and seven others, including the child’s sibling, tested positive forThe child tested positive for the infection during the week of 8 November, but both the children continued to attend school for the rest of the week, according to Brett Geithman, superintendent of the Larkspur-Corte Madera School District, reportedIt was only after the Marin County Public Health department contacted...

The parents did not inform the school about the positive test or return multiple calls from public health contact tracers, Mr Geithman said.

 

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