KANKAKEE â Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey said Tuesday afternoon that several inmates at Jerome Combs Detention Center are being treated by the medical department after they began showing symptoms of COVID-19.
Downey said the inmates were all in the same housing units. Several inmates were asking for cold medication because of cold-like symptoms, he said. Multiple inmates tested positive for coronavirus, according to a press release.
All inmates in the housing unit are quarantined for 14 days, Downey said. There are 18 housing units at JCDC.
âThankfully, we are in possession of the Abbott Rapid Test that allows us to verify whether or not a detainee is, in fact, positive with the coronavirus. Those testing positive have been quarantined from the remaining population and are being closely monitored by medical staff,â Downey said.
As the Jerome Combs Detention Center is experiencing a surge of COVID cases — 40 inmates in a 64-person housing unit have tested positive — we talk to jail officials
HERSCHER â Herscher School District is moving ahead with plans to extend the school day to six hours when students return from winter break Jan. 5.
The school year began with half days of in-person instruction from 8 to 11:45 a.m. Going forward, dismissal will be at 2:05 p.m. for all schools.
The district will continue to offer childcare for in-person students until 3:05 p.m. for families that canât make the earlier pickup time. About 125 to 175 students among the three school locations take advantage of this service daily.
The Herscher School Board approved a plan in early October to extend the school day.
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KANKAKEE â Superintendent Genevra Walters updated the Kankakee School Board this week on COVID-19 numbers within the district.
A total of 75 adults and 39 students have tested positive for the virus since the district started tracking cases in May.
Additionally, two adults and one student are currently in quarantine.
âFor a district our size, I would say [the numbers] are actually really good,â Walters said.
Walters said school nurses would be administering COVID-19 vaccinations to employees at the districtâs health clinic as soon as they become available.
The Kankakee County Health Department confirmed vaccinations could be available for school teachers and staff as soon as mid January.