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COVID-19: School Closures Extended In One Of Hudson Valley's Cluster Zones COVID-19: School Closures Extended In One Of Hudson Valley's Cluster Zones
Covid-19: School Closures Extended In One Of Hudson Valley's Cluster Zones The closure of some Hasidic schools in the middle of a COVID-19 cluster in the Hudson Valley will continue indefinitely due to the community’s unwillingness to adhere to state and county pandemic orders. On Monday, Oct. 5, Orange County Health Commissioner Irina Gelman ordered schools in and around Kiryas Joel to stay closed for at least two weeks due to a spike in COVID-19 cases inside the cluster. This week, Gelman said that the schools have not been following orders to report COVID-19 infections among students and staff members, while others have refused to close at all, in direct violat…