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Texas school district suspends football program for 10 days after COVID-19 outbreak

Posted at 8:41 PM, Aug 14, 2020
and last updated 2020-08-14 21:41:34-04

SEGUIN, TX — A Texas school district has suspended its football program for 10 days after an outbreak of COVID-19.

Navarro ISD announced Friday it has 18 positive cases of COVID-19. Ten of the cases are staff members and eight are students.

The district said it is continuing to follow TEA and UIL guidelines for sanitizing and handling COVID-19 positive cases.

It has also suspended its football program until August 24 in an effort to control exposure.