I just spoke with the superintendent of schools here in town who tells me that there are no students or staff currently that have been confirmed to have covert 19.

However, they are complying with the order to close three of the public schools today until March 25th.

They are inside of that containment zone here in town and the National Guard now on its way to help clean those schools and get everything back to normal here a soon as possible.

This is literally a matter of life and death.

Because of that sobering statement, Governor Andrew Cuomo has called up the National Guard to mobilize the new ratio, the epicenter of the local outbreak.

The guard will not have a military or policing function, as I indicated.

They will be here to assist with logistics.

Specifically delivering food and helping clean New Rochelle at this point is probably the largest cluster in the United States, which is why the state has mandated a one mile containment area around the young Israel synagogue, where many congregants were first infected, we felt that a mile of the radius of a mile from that spot would be effective, an effort to try to decrease the spread.

That means a dozen schools, clubs, houses of worship and large gatherings in the zone are being closed inside the radius for two weeks.

However, no one is prohibited from entering or leaving the area.

Earlier, the governor noted, about 1000 residents in the town of 80,000 were under quarantine overnight.

The woman whose husband first contracted covert 19 in town, spoke out on Facebook writing.

I hope the family name becomes associate ID Donna as the ones with Corona virus, but the ones who were instrumental in helping get this contained.

If this will hold the spread, this is what we have to do.

And for any public school students inside the containment zone that has a free lunch as well as breakfast.