Coronavirus School Closings In NY: List

NEW YORK — Universities, colleges and public schools in New York are closing their doors as the new coronavirus continues to spread. Here's a look at which districts have closed schools in the state.

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Long Island

Glen Cove City School District

• When: Tuesday, March 10.
• Details: A transportation contractor for the Glen Cove City School District tested positive for the new coronavirus, officially called COVID-19. Schools closed for the day.

Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District

• When: Tuesday, March 10.
• Details: Two workers at the transportation contractor for the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District tested positive for the virus. Schools closed for the day.

Shoreham-Wading River School District

• When: Monday, March 9.
• Details: Kids were sent home Monday morning after parents received a robocall about a possible coronavirus exposure. The health department later confirmed no one in the district tested positive and schools reopened Tuesday.

Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District

• When: Monday, March 9.
• Details: All schools closed Tuesday after a school staff member tested positive for the virus.

The Locust Valley School District

• When: Tuesday, March 10.
• Details: Two contracted workers involved in transporting students tested positive for the virus and the district closed schools Tuesday.

Hudson Valley

New Rochelle High School

• When: Wednesday, March 11, through Wednesday, March 25.
• Details: The state-imposed containment area in New Rochelle will affect three of the city's public schools, including New Rochelle High School. The school falls within a 1-mile radius of Young Israel of New Rochelle, which is considered the state's epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak.

Albert Leonard Middle School

• When: Wednesday, March 11, through Wednesday, March 25.
• Details: The state-imposed containment area in New Rochelle will affect three of the city's public schools, including New Rochelle High School. The school falls within a 1-mile radius of Young Israel of New Rochelle, which is considered the state's epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak.

William B. Ward Elementary School

• When: Wednesday, March 11, through Wednesday, March 25.
• Details: The state-imposed containment area in New Rochelle will affect three of the city's public schools, including New Rochelle High School. The school falls within a 1-mile radius of Young Israel of New Rochelle, which is considered the state's epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak.

Hempstead Elementary School

• When: Tuesday, March 10, to Saturday, March 21.
• Details: Three East Ramapo schools were closed until March 21 after three students tested positive for the virus.

Pomona Middle School

• When: Tuesday, March 10, to Saturday, March 21.
• Details: Three East Ramapo schools were closed until March 21 after three students tested positive for the virus.

Ramapo High School

• When: Tuesday, March 10, to Saturday, March 21.
• Details: Three East Ramapo schools were closed until March 21 after three students tested positive for the virus.

Scarsdale Public Schools

• When: Monday, March 9.
• Details: Schools were closed from Monday, March 9, to Wednesday, March 18, after a middle school faculty member tested positive for the virus.

Hastings-on-Hudson Union Free School District

• When: Thursday, March 5, to Friday, March 6.
• Details: The Hastings-on-Hudson school district closed all schools for two days to sanitize buildings because a parent of children in the district was in a location that closed because of a person who was isolated for the virus.

Mount Vernon City School District

• When: Thursday, March 5, to Friday, March 6.
• Details: The school district closed all its schools for two days after the families of two students voluntarily isolated themselves due to possible exposure to the virus.

Somers Central School District

• When: Monday, March 9
• Details: A parent of a student at Primrose Elementary School tested positive for the virus andSomers school campuses were closed over the weekend and Monday to allow staff time to complete deep cleaning of school buildings.

Keio Academy of New York

• When: Sunday, March 8
• Details: The school campus was closed for the remainder of the year and classes were to continue online.

Blind Brook Union Free School District

• When: Tuesday, March 10
• Details: A parent in the health-care field has been quarantined for possible exposure to the new coronavirus.

Harvey School

• When: Tuesday, March 10 through Friday, March 13
• Details: The boarding school is canceling classes in advance of a two-week spring break over concerns about the new coronavirus.

Tuckahoe Union Free School District

• When: Thursday, March 12 through Wednesday, March 25.
• Details: The new coronavirus containment zone established in New Rochelle affects schools in the Tuckahoe Union Free School District. Schools will need to close from March 12 through March 25.

New York City

Ethical Culture Fieldston School

• When: Tuesday, March 10.
• Details: The private school announced school was closed beginning Tuesday.

Riverdale Country School

• When: Tuesday, March 10.
• Details: Riverdale closed all lower, middle, and upper schools Tuesday because of a potential case at a neighboring school. Middle and upper school students were to meet with faculty using remote-learning platforms Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Brearley School

• When: Monday, March 9, to Friday, March 13.
• Details: All middle and upper school classes were canceled for this week after a parent was tested for the virus.

Horace Mann

• When: Monday, March 9
• Details: All divisions of Horace Mann closed for students at the end of day Monday and were to resume Tuesday, March 31.

Spence School

• When: Friday, March 6
• Details: The school closed Friday for a comprehensive sanitization of the entire campus.

Collegiate School

• When: Friday, March 6
• Details: The school closed Friday for a comprehensive sanitization of the entire campus.

Colleges and Universities

Hofstra University

• When: Monday, March 9, to Friday, March 13.
• Details: Hofstra University canceled all in-person classes for a week after a student reported flu-like symptoms after attending a conference where another person tested positive for the virus.

Columbia University

• When: Monday, March 9, and Tuesday, March 10.
• Details: The school canceled classes after a community member was exposed to COVID-19.

Fordham University

• When: Monday, March 9 and Tuesday, March 10.
• Details: Face-to-face classes were suspended for two days and faculty were instructed to teach their classes online or electronically beginning Wednesday, March 11, until further notice.

New York University

• When: Wednesday, March 11, to Friday, March 13.
• Details: The university ordered all classes to be conducted remotely.

Yeshiva University

• When: Monday, March 9, to Monday, March 16.
• Details: A professor with ties to the student diagnosed with the virus also tested positive. Undergraduate classes at two campuses were cancelled this week and were expected to resume Monday, March 16.

St. John’s University

• When: Tuesday, March 10, to Wednesday, March 11.
• Details: The university suspended face-to-face instruction at all locations. Classes were canceled for two days and would move to online instruction Thursday, March 12, through Friday, March 27.

Barnard College

• When: Monday, March 9, and Tuesday, March 10.
• Details: Barnard suspended classes Monday and Tuesday and moved to remote classes through the end of the week.

Iona College

• When: Monday, March 9, to Friday, March 13.
• Details: All undergraduate classes and graduate arts and science classes were canceled through Friday. Graduate business classes were to continue online.

The Juilliard School

• When: Monday, March 16, to Sunday, March 29.
• Details: Juilliard suspended all college division in-person classes, activities, and performances from March 16 through March 29 and said it would transition to online classes March 16.

Nassau Community College

• When: Tuesday, March 10, to Wednesday, March 11.
• Details: Nassau Community College in Garden City canceled in-person classes through Wednesday after the school said it had a "positive association" with the new coronavirus.

St. Joseph's College

• When: Tuesday, March 10, to Friday, March 13.
• Details: All in-person classes, as well as on-campus academic activities, were suspended for the rest of the week starting at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

SUNY and CUNY

• When: Monday, March 16.
• Details: All SUNY and CUNY schools will switch to distance learning next week over coronavirus fears.

Pace University

• When: Wednesday, March 11 through Sunday, March 29.
• Details: Pace University will suspend in-person class meetings on all three campuses and move all classes to remote learning. The suspension for Manhattan, Pleasantville and White Plains is through March 29.

Syracuse University

• When: Friday, March 13, through Monday, March 30.
• Details: Beginning at the end of Friday, March 13, and through at least March 30, Syracuse University will transition from residential to online instruction and/or other alternative means at all of its U.S.-based locations. This includes centers in New York City and Washington, D.C. On March 23, the university's center in Los Angeles will move to online instruction through the end of the semester.

Skidmore College

• When: Monday, March 16 to Sunday, March 22
• Details: Classes were suspended from March 16 through March 20 and students were not to return to class until March 22, as the university looks into alternatives to in-person classes. Students were not allowed to return to campus.

Long Island University

• When: Monday, March 16 through Friday, March 27.
• Details: Beginning Monday, Long Island University will move to online instruction at all locations through March 27.

Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that include the common cold as well as much more serious diseases. The strain that emerged in China in late 2019, now called COVID-19, is related to others that have caused serious outbreaks in recent years, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States was on Jan. 21.

The disease, which apparently originated in animals, is transferring from person to person, although the mechanism is not yet fully understood. Symptoms include fever, coughing and shortness of breath, and many patients develop pneumonia. There is as yet no vaccine against COVID-19 it and no antiviral treatment. Older adults and people with underlying health conditions are most at risk, according to health officials.

According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the best way of preventing the disease is to avoid close contact with people who are sick, to avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands, to wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds, and to use a hand sanitizer that contains at least 60 percent alcohol if soap and water are not available.

To avoid spreading any respiratory illness, the CDC recommends staying at home when you are sick, covering your cough or sneeze with a tissue and throwing the tissue in the trash, cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched objects and surfaces.