WICKES, Ark. (AP) A school district in western Arkansas has canceled classes
for the rest of the week because of a suspected case of mumps.The Cossatot River School District dismissed classes early Tuesday and canceled
school for the remainder of the week because of concerns about the contagious
disease. Because next week is spring break, students won’t return until March
25th.
According to the Arkansas Department of Health, the state has seen 11 confirmed
cases of mumps so far in 2019, which does not include the Cossatot River School
District case. Last month, several cases were confirmed at the University of
Arkansas at Fayetteville.
The state last saw a major mumps outbreak in 2016 and 2017, when nearly 3,000
cases of the illness were confirmed in Arkansas.
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