However, someone who attended the event tested positive for the coronavirus shortly after the ceremony, said Anita Stremmel, deputy director of the Florida Department of Health in Brevard County. The school district informed the health department, which confirmed the result in a laboratory test.
As a precautionary measure, the health department told parents that their children should “be quarantined at home for 14 days from their last day of attendance at the facility,” according to a letter from the department obtained by CNN.
Parents and close contacts of students who may have been exposed were advised to quarantine at home and also monitor themselves for symptoms, the health department wrote in the letter.
The health department did not confirm whether the person who tested positive for coronavirus was a student or an adult. The students were awarded two guests each, and about 30 people from the adult school and district staff were present at the event, Brevard County Public Schools spokeswoman Nicki Hensley told CNN.
The faculty with gloves and masks presented the students with their diplomas as they crossed the stage. Only the speakers took off their masks when they stepped onto the podium. The students formed small groups when the ceremony ended.
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