Little Neck Yeshiva Closed After Rabbi Gets Coronavirus: Report

LITTLE NECK, QUEENS — Yeshiva Har Torah, a private Jewish school in Little Neck, closed after an assistant principal contracted the new coronavirus, according to a news report.

Administrators at the K-8 school informed families late Tuesday that Rabbi Etan Ehrenfeld had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, and urged people who came within "six feet" of him to quarantine themselves, the New York Post reported.

“He has given us permission to share his name for purposes of helping identify those who have been contact with him,” said the letter obtained by the Post.

The rabbi is quarantined and is experiencing mild symptoms, the Post reported.

The yeshiva enacted a day of "distance learning" Wednesday in the place of in-person classes, according to the school's Facebook page.

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Yeshiva Har Torah joins a growing list of New York City schools that are closing or shifting to remote classes as coronavirus spreads across the five boroughs.

COVID-19 is caused by a member of the coronavirus family that’s a close cousin to the SARS and MERS viruses that have caused past outbreaks.

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