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Arlington Student Sent Home From School After Sneezing

"I sneezed two times then the teacher told me to go to the nurse," said Lancinet Keita.

Lancinet Keita
Lancinet Keita (WBZ-TV)

ARLINGTON, MA — A father in Arlington said his nine-year-old son was sent home from Bishop Elementary School because he was sneezing. The fourth grade student was told he could not to return until he gets a negative Covid-19 test.

“I sneezed two times then the teacher told me to go to the nurse,” said Lancinet Keita.

Lancinet says he felt fine, but those sneezes sent him to the nurse’s office where he had to wait for his dad to pick him up.

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