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Alex Marrero, the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction has tested positive for COVID-19, the district announced. Marrero was tested last week after being exposed to Superintendent Laura Feijoo, who tested positive for the virus in March.
The district said that Marrero has not shown any symptoms of the virus, and that “presumptively positive means that it is near or below the level of detection.”
“Dr. Marrero was present at the distribution of Chromebooks at New Rochelle High School on Wednesday, April 15,” Feijoo said in an email. “No community members who visited the site and borrowed a Chromebook are required to take any action. In accordance with guidance from the New York State Department of Health, all those who need to take precautions are being notified today by the district team.”
According to the CDC, symptoms of novel coronavirus include fevers, coughing, and shortness of breath.
Those symptoms typically take between two and 12 days to appear. Body aches, sore throat, and headaches are all also possible, but not guaranteed. Symptoms can last for up to a week or longer, depending on the severity of the case.
The virus first infects the cells lining one’s throat, airways, and lungs and turns them into "coronavirus factories" that spread a number of new viruses that go on to infect more cells in the body.
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