New York: Schools to reopen with a weekly testing plan amid the COVID-19 pandemic

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on vember 29 anunced reopening of public schools for in-person learning from December 7 onwards. Blasio took to his official Twitter account as he said that reopening school buildings is ‘paramount’ to recovering from vel coronavirus. He mentioned that 3-K, Pre-K and gres K-5 will open from December 7 onwards and District 75 schools at all gre levels will open from December 10.

New York to reopen schools 

However, keeping all safety measures in consideration, weekly COVID-19 tests will be performed. Also, testing consent forms will be me mandatory. He also wrote, “Finally, as we reopen, wherever possible we will move to 5 day a week in-person learning. We want our kids in classroom for as much time as possible. Our families do, too. We’ll work to make it happen”. According to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, New York has a total of 679,111 cases with 34,514 fatalities.

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During mid vember, New York City shut schools in order to prevent ‘renewed spre of coronavirus’. Making anuncement, Blasio said that   nation's largest public school system will halt in-person learning as more than 1 million children will be attending online classes. As per reports by AP, Blasio said that increased testing would be a main component of return plan. He said, “We're going to fight this back. This is a setback, but it's a setback we will overcome”. 

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city h earlier anunced that schools will be shut if 3 per cent of tests performed over a period of 7 days come out to be positive. Initially, in March, school system of New York halted in-person learning. However, for pre-kindergarteners and some special education students it resumed on September 21. Elementary schools opened on September 29 and high schools on October 1. Also, keeping in mind safety of students, in-person learning was only part-time.

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