Parents Worry as Southern California High School Closes Pending Employee’s Coronavirus Test Results

Director of the Division of Global Health Protection at the Centers for Disease Control, with Federal and Riverside County public health officials, provides an update on the flight that arrived at March Air Reserve Base from Wuhan, China, in Moreno Valley, Calif., on Jan. 29, 2020. Matt Hartman/AFP via Getty Images

MURRIETA, Calif.—The first COVID-19-related school closure in Southern California has raised fears and created frustration in the community. A school employee fell ill after potentially having contact with the new coronavirus, and is currently being tested.

On March 9, Murrieta Valley High School in Riverside County closed its doors as health officials disinfected the campus.