BY MARIA BARAN
Belleville News-Democrat (IL)
An East St. Louis student has been diagnosed with a bacterial disease, according to Douglas Clark, spokesman for District 189.
The Hawthorne Elementary student was diagnosed with shigellosis, a disease transmitted by direct or indirect fecal-oral contact or consuming contaminated food or water, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
The East Side Health District informed the school earlier this week, Clark said.
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