A school district in Colorado has closed more than 40 schools for two days after a virus outbreak rapidly spread through the student population, according to school officials.
It's the first time the Mesa County Valley School District 51 has had to close all schools due to illness, the district said Wednesday."We are taking this highly unusual action because this virus is extremely contagious and spreading quickly across our schools," Nursing Coordinator Tanya Marvin said in the statement.
The second version also causes fever in several cases," the district statement said.The health department says it is working to identify the illness, which is"acting a lot like norovirus" and lasts between 12-24 hours.
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