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>> WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF GREENVILLE COUNTY. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY TWO STUDENTS ARE SELF QUARANTINE BECAUSE THEY SAY THEIR FATHER CLEANED A COMPUTER OF A COWORKER WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH COVID-19. >> THE DISTRICT SAID THE TWO STUDENTS ATTEND MAULDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEY ARE BEING QUARANTINED OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. >> THE PARENTS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AND THEY SAY NO ONE AT THE SCHOOL HAS SYMPTOMS. GREENVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICIALS ARE ASKING EVERYONE, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND PARENTS, IF SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY HAS BEEN TOLD TO SELF QUARANTINE, TO STAY

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Greenville County Schools confirmed Monday 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, officials said.The district's director of media relations, Tim Waller, said neither the father nor the students have any respiratory symptoms.Following directions given by the school district, the students were told to stay home and an additional cleaning crew was dispatched Sunday to wipe down hard surfaces throughout the school, Waller said.Latest on SC cases Possible case at Clemson University North Carolina casesGeorgia school employee test positive Here's who is most likely to get coronavirus and how it compares to other diseases"These are all precautionary measures and there are no known cases of COVID-19 directly associated with any Greenville County school," Waller said.Mauldin Elementary parents have been notified and been told that no one associated with the school is symptomatic and there are several degrees of separation between the two students and the man who tested positive for this virus, according to Waller. "We are asking everyone—students, teachers and parents—that if someone in your family has been told by their company to self-quarantine over coronavirus fears, to stay home as well, and notify your principal immediately," Waller said.Greenville County Schools are staying in close contact with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. The agency has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 and five presumptive cases across the state. Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, DHEC does not recommend closing schools or canceling public events at this time.