Monthly Archives: November 2020

(November 3, 2020 4:55 PM) Jackson Public Schools has announced that beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, November 4, 2020, all JPS students and staff will continue their online learning protocols through the Thanksgiving Break. All students and staff will return Monday, November 30th. This change to yesterday’s announcement of suspension until Monday, November 9, 2020, was necessary due to a second positive case within the Middle School at Parkside building.  This staff member was in the building last Friday and was in contact with not only students but staff members as well.  JPS quarantined an additional four staff members and twenty students from both Cohorts A & B at Parkside.  JPS is certain that there will be additional positive COVID-19 cases and thus the difficult decision to suspend in-person learning through Thanksgiving break was a necessary choice to keep students and staff as safe as possible.  JPS will continue to monitor the situation and if any additional positive cases occur, JPS will assess the situation and be in touch with families and staff.  “COVID-19 is on a rapid rise in our county. Not a day goes by that we aren’t hearing of a business closing temporarily for a positive case or by…

(November 3, 2020 3:16 PM) Michigan reported 3,106 coronavirus (COVID-19) positive test cases today, with the state reported total now at 187,995. The State of Michigan is reporting 43* COVID-19-related deaths today, with the state total at 7,400. *The deaths announced today includes 17 deaths identified during a Vital Records review. See cumulative data page for more information. State Cumulative Total of Recovered COVID-19 Cases (as of 10/30/2020): 121,093.  This information is updated Monday through Saturday at 3 p.m., with COVID-19 results included as of 10 a.m.  Monday reports include Sunday data.

(November 3, 2020 3:06 PM) The Jackson County Health Department has been working with the Ichiban Japanese Steakhouse in Jackson to identify individuals at risk of exposure to COVID-19.   If you ate at Ichiban between October 25th to November 2nd, you should self-monitor for symptoms for 14 days from the possible exposure date. Symptoms may appear 2-14 days after exposure. Anyone experiencing one or more of these symptoms should immediately quarantine themselves and seek testing: ·         Fever. Take a temperature twice a day, AM and PM ·         Coughing ·         Headache ·         Sore throat ·         Runny nose or congestion ·         Shortness of breath or trouble breathing ·         Loss of taste or smell Ichiban has deep cleaned their facility in order to mitigate any further risk to their staff or patrons.  Known close contacts of positive individuals are being contacted and instructed to quarantine for 14 days from their last day of exposure. Jackson County Health Department Public Health Nurses will continue their investigation into the spread of COVID-19 and may contact you if you are identified as a close contact to those affected by the virus. With evidence of community spread, community mitigation strategies and restrictions are in place to slow…