The Yeshiva Bais Hillel school in Passaic canceled parent teacher conferences scheduled for Tuesday night and delayed school on Wednesday after it came to light that a teacher had attended worship at the New York temple with a confirmed coronavirus case.

Mayor Hector Lora confirmed that the school had canceled the conferences in order to thoroughly clean the school and stressed that there were no actual confirmed cases of the fast-spreading illness in the community.

“I know that parents were concerned but they did have school this morning,” Lora said Wednesday night.

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He also noted that there were families from the school that attended religious services at the Temple Young Israel in New Rochelle, New York, where an individual with a confirmed case of coronavirus had been.

"I commend the school for acting quickly and responsibly to ensure the appropriate procedures were followed and communication was made it out to our families, residents, and officials," Lora said. "With so many of our communities concerned, it is important to be proactive in order to avoid misinformation or panic."

On Wednesday, the state’s Commissioner of Health Judith Persichilli asked individuals that had attended services to self-quarantine out of an “abundance of caution” until March 8.

The recommendation is based on a public health assessment and guidance issued by Westchester County Health Department.

A free, 24/7 hotline is being operated by the New Jersey Poison Information and Education System (NJPIES), also known as the New Jersey Poison Center. The hotline, staffed with trained healthcare professionals, is available at 1-800-222-1222.

The New Jersey Public Health Environmental Laboratories (PHEL) in West Trenton has the ability to test individuals for the novel coronavirus. The Department has learned that it will receive another 500 test kits from the CDC tomorrow.

Katie Sobko is a local reporter for NorthJersey.com. For unlimited access to the most important news from your local community, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.

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