BISMARCK (KFGO) – Effective immediately, all K-12 schools in North Dakota will be closed for at least five days.
Gov. Doug Burgum signed an executive order, which closes all public and non-public schools in response to the coronavirus pandemic.Burgum cited new federal government guidelines, which discourage gatherings of more than 50 people.
Burgum says the coronavirus can’t be stopped entirely, but he says the spread of the virus can be slowed.
So far, North Dakota has confirmed only one case of the disease. Ten more tests were completed on Friday but all were negative.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz says K-12 schools will be closed by Wednesday and will remain shut down through March 27.
(Jim Monk of sister station KFGO contributed this report.)
