Coronavirus: No immediate plans to close Fallbrook-area schools

While concerts, sporting events and other large public gatherings were beginning to be cancelled across the country Thursday amid concerns that COVID-19 has begun to spread in the community, Fallbrook-area schools had no immediate plans to cancel classes — yet.

No school districts in San Diego County had announced school closures as of Thursday, but other school systems across the country, including all schools in the states of Maine and Ohio, were beginning to announce shutdowns.

Meanwhile, San Diego County health officials on Thursday announced a ban on all public gatherings of more than 250...