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LASTS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MICHAEL: MORE BREAKING NEWS. SCHOOL OFFICIALS TELL US A HILLCREST MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT IS UNDER SELF-QUARANTINE. GABRIELLE: WE'RE TOLD THE PARENT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A POSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS CASE. A CLEANING CRE

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***Update: March 11 at 2:30 p.m. from Tim Waller, director of media relations for Greenville County Schools***"We have now determined that the Hillcrest Middle School parent who was identified Tuesday as a presumptive coronavirus case does not have COVID-19. The parent is sick and has seen a doctor, but has no known exposure to the virus and has not been quarantined. We apologize that in our effort to share important information with you quickly, the accuracy of our statement was not confirmed. We have corrected our process so this will not happen again."Greenville County students self-quarantine: Students from six Greenville County Schools are being self-quarantined out of an abundance of caution.Tim Waller, director of media relations for Greenville County Schools, released the following: "Mauldin Middle -- a student whose sister was studying abroad in Italy. The family quarantined their daughter when she got home last week as a precautionary measure. When she received the phone alert from the district Monday afternoon, she reached out to the school to see if she needed to keep her son home, as well. The daughter has not shown any signs of illness. She is quarantined through March 18."Blue Ridge Middle -- student is self-quarantining due to contact with a houseguest who was in the presence of an individual who has since developed coronavirus. As a result, student will remain home until the quarantine period is complete. If the houseguest does not develop symptoms by the end of the quarantine period, the student will be allowed to return to school."Tigerville Elementary – (same as Blue Ridge Middle, because self-quarantined student is sibling of middle school student).Latest on South Carolina casesPossible case at Clemson University North Carolina casesGeorgia school employee test positiveHere's who is most likely to get coronavirus and how it compares to other diseases"On Monday, Waller confirmed that two students are being self-quarantined out of an abundance of caution after their father, who works for an Upstate company, cleaned the computer of a coworker who has been diagnosed with COVID-19."The two students attend Mauldin Elementary School, Waller said. As of Tuesday students at the following schools have self-quarantined: Mauldin Elementary Chandler Creek Elementary Rudolph Gordon Mauldin Middle Blue Ridge Middle Tigerville ElementaryIn all the cases there are two to three degrees of separation between the student and the presumptive patient, Waller said. Waller said none of the students are sick.