You are most likely to pick up coronavirus at home, and schools are a source as well
4 years ago

You are most likely to pick up coronavirus at home, and schools are a source as well

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections are mainly taking place at home, with outside sources including visiting friends and relatives, work places, schools or childcare facilities. Of all the people who were tested positive this week, half did not know at all where they could have become infected while the other half had some idea, Nu.nl reports quoting figures from health institute RIVM. Ruling out bars and restaurants is also putting schools and childcare facilities in the spotlight, with 10.3% of people naming these as the more likely source of infection. RIVM figures show that the infection rate among secondary school pupils over the last week is higher than that among primary school children.

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COVID outbreaks hit workplaces, schools across California as summer illnesses worsen
1 year, 4 months ago

COVID outbreaks hit workplaces, schools across California as summer illnesses worsen

LA Times  

The summer COVID bump is worsening in California, with infections spreading at schools and workplaces, and hospitalizations ticking up. Among the work sites in L.A. County where there are active COVID-19 outbreak investigations are the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, CBS Studio Center Stage 18, the L.A. City Department of Public Works’ Bureau of Street Services, the Westchester-Loyola Village Branch …

LAUSD COVID-19 cases: Tracking the spread and outbreaks
1 year, 10 months ago

LAUSD COVID-19 cases: Tracking the spread and outbreaks

LA Times  

With students back in the classroom, L.A. Unified officials are reporting coronavirus cases discovered in the nation’s second-largest school system. The trend As of February 6, there were 766 active cases detected by the district’s massive testing regimen. There are one schools currently reporting more than 10 active cases among staff and students. Track coronavirus vaccinations in California Explore the …

CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections
2 years, 8 months ago

CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans had signs of previous infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in a report Tuesday. CDC officials say they plan to release a study soon that estimates that in recent months there were three infections …

CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections
2 years, 8 months ago

CDC estimates 3 in 4 kids have had coronavirus infections

LA Times  

Boxes of KN95 masks stand ready to be distributed to students in Camden, N.J. A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that three out of every four U.S. children have had coronavirus infections. Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in …

Covid-19 cases rise again: How can you keep your children safe in schools, home
2 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 cases rise again: How can you keep your children safe in schools, home

India Today  

Weeks after the Omicron cases subsided across India, coronavirus is once again on the rise. Parents and teachers can keep a few things in mind to keep children safe both at school and at home as new cases pop up. How to keep children safe from Covid-19 in schools, at home? Graphic: Pradeep Singh Saini Health experts have urged schools …

School coronavirus outbreaks rise in L.A. County after mask orders are lifted
2 years, 9 months ago

School coronavirus outbreaks rise in L.A. County after mask orders are lifted

LA Times  

The number of K-12 school coronavirus outbreaks is rising in Los Angeles County after many schools lifted mask-wearing requirements. Among K-12 campuses, “that’s one of the largest outbreaks we’ve ever had at a school since the beginning of the pandemic,” Ferrer said. Another factor behind the rise in school outbreaks, Ferrer said, is “the change in the state’s quarantine guidance …

Coronavirus hospital admissions reach highest level for a month
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus hospital admissions reach highest level for a month

Dutch News  

The number of patients being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 is continuing to rise, according to latest figures from the public health agency RIVM. On Wednesday morning there were 1,372 people in hospital with coronavirus infections, up by 19% since last week. On Tuesday the agency published breakdown figures which showed around three-quarters of people in hospital with coronavirus infections …

Coronavirus hospital admissions reach highest level for a month
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus hospital admissions reach highest level for a month

Dutch News  

The number of patients being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 is continuing to rise, according to latest figures from the public health agency RIVM. On Wednesday morning there were 1,372 people in hospital with coronavirus infections, up by 19% since last week. On Tuesday the agency published breakdown figures which showed around three-quarters of people in hospital with coronavirus infections …

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections more than doubled in school-age children as one person in 50 tested positive for the virus in the last week, according to the latest weekly bulletin by the RIVM. The official figure of 361,120 – a 51% increase since last week – is incomplete because an estimated 60,000 tests are still waiting to be analysed, the public health …

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus cases double in children, hospital admissions up by 15%

Dutch News  

Coronavirus infections more than doubled in school-age children as one person in 50 tested positive for the virus in the last week, according to the latest weekly bulletin by the RIVM. The official figure of 361,120 – a 51% increase since last week – is incomplete because an estimated 60,000 tests are still waiting to be analysed, the public health …

Spike in California virus cases hitting hospitals, schools
3 years ago

Spike in California virus cases hitting hospitals, schools

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — California is struggling to staff hospitals and classrooms as an astonishing spike in coronavirus infections sweeps through the state. The fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19 is sidelining exposed or infected health care workers even as hospital beds fill with patients and “some facilities are going to be strapped,” Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said …

CDC endorses schools’ coronavirus ‘test-to-stay’ policies
3 years ago

CDC endorses schools’ coronavirus ‘test-to-stay’ policies

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — U.S. health officials are endorsing “test-to-stay” policies that allow close contacts of students infected with the coronavirus to remain in classrooms if they test negative. “Test-to-stay is an encouraging public health practice to help keep our children in school,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said on Friday. CDC’s official guidance for schools has been that when someone …

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already
3 years ago

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already

Dutch News  

Around two-thirds of children under 12 have already been infected with coronavirus, scientists have estimated after studying more than 300 families. People who developed cold or flu-like symptoms were asked to keep diaries of their symptoms and take PCR tests to see if they had the virus or another illness. The study of 1209 people, including 582 children, ran from …

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already
3 years ago

Up to two-thirds of children may have had coronavirus already

Dutch News  

Around two-thirds of children under 12 have already been infected with coronavirus, scientists have estimated after studying more than 300 families. People who developed cold or flu-like symptoms were asked to keep diaries of their symptoms and take PCR tests to see if they had the virus or another illness. The study of 1209 people, including 582 children, ran from …

Education union worried about high Covid infections in primary schools
3 years, 1 month ago

Education union worried about high Covid infections in primary schools

NL Times  

Education union AOb is very concerned about the high number of coronavirus infections in primary education. Figures requested from public health institute RIVM show that 21 percent of primary school staff contracted Covid-19 in the past 18 months - much higher than the about 13 percent average among Dutch adults aged 18 to 69, the union said, NOS reports. After …

More primary school classes being sent home because of coronavirus
3 years, 2 months ago

More primary school classes being sent home because of coronavirus

NL Times  

The primary school system is seeing an increase in the number of classes having to remain at home due to coronavirus infections, ANP determined based on contact with many local GGD health services and primary school organizations. "Since the middle of last week, the suppressive effect from the autumn holidays has ended and we are seeing more infections among school …

Growing number of coronavirus infections at work & hospitality sector
3 years, 2 months ago

Growing number of coronavirus infections at work & hospitality sector

NL Times  

More and more people are catching the coronavirus in the workplace, or at a hospitality industry business. The location where the infection took place was established in about four in ten people who tested positive last week, with others unaware of how they contracted the virus. That rose to 6.6 percent at the end of September, 8.6 percent at the …

English school return spurred Covid in children, but cases fell in adults: Study
3 years, 2 months ago

English school return spurred Covid in children, but cases fell in adults: Study

Live Mint  

Covid-19 infections in children in England rose in September after schools returned from summer holidays, helping to keep cases high even as there was a fall among adults, a large prevalence study showed on Thursday. "Prevalence was high and increasing in school aged children during September," Paul Elliott, director of the study, told reporters, adding that increased vaccination uptake in …

Primary schools no longer have to send entire class home after Covid infection
3 years, 3 months ago

Primary schools no longer have to send entire class home after Covid infection

NL Times  

If a child in primary education turns out to have the coronavirus, their whole class no longer has to go home from Monday. However the council, which represents primary schools in the Netherlands, emphasized that schools must receive proper guidance from the GGD in determining who should and should not go home after an infection in the classroom. Over the …

Child coronavirus cases fall in L.A. County even as schools reopen, but concerns remain
3 years, 4 months ago

Child coronavirus cases fall in L.A. County even as schools reopen, but concerns remain

LA Times  

Kaleigha Smith, 12, is tested for the coronavirus by medical assistant Laila Benamar before class at Northridge Middle School on Aug. 11. “We are hopeful that, with close attention to strategies that reduce the risk of exposure both at schools and in the community, we can continue to see lower case rates across all age groups,” L.A. County Public Health …

Schools again a hotbed for coronavirus immediately after summer break
3 years, 4 months ago

Schools again a hotbed for coronavirus immediately after summer break

NL Times  

Now that schools are open again throughout the country, they have immediately become an active place for the coronavirus to spread. One in eight coronavirus infections last week, 12.5 percent, was contracted at an education or childcare facility. In The Hague and the surrounding area, 34 primary school classes were sent home in that first week, the local branch of …

Don’t send school classes home over one coronavirus infection, says outbreak expert
3 years, 4 months ago

Don’t send school classes home over one coronavirus infection, says outbreak expert

NL Times  

The Outbreak Management Team advised the Ministry of Health to relax the coronavirus measures for primary education as of September 20. This new school year, the rule still applied that an entire classroom must stay home if one child tested positive for the coronavirus. The OMT stated that the Cabinet can responsibly announce around September 20 that from now on …

Among children, older teens are seeing the highest Covid-19 case rates
3 years, 4 months ago

Among children, older teens are seeing the highest Covid-19 case rates

CNN  

CNN — Coronavirus infections continue to surge among children across the United States, and older teens, ages 16 and 17, are facing the highest rate of weekly cases, according to a new CNN analysis of the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As of Saturday, these teens appear to have the highest rate of infections …

Coronavirus cases lead to missed school days for 6,500 LAUSD students during first week
3 years, 4 months ago

Coronavirus cases lead to missed school days for 6,500 LAUSD students during first week

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Unified School District released coronavirus testing results for the first week of school. Coronavirus cases resulted in 6,500 students missing one or more days during the first week of school in the Los Angeles Unified School District as officials responded to early results from the largest school-based coronavirus testing effort in the nation. The district also released …

Coronavirus hospital numbers down by 40% in a week: 'vaccines working'
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus hospital numbers down by 40% in a week: 'vaccines working'

Dutch News  

Hospital admissions for coronavirus declined by more than 40% in the last week in what the public health agency RIVM said was further proof that the vaccines were bringing down serious infections. The latest weekly bulletin shows 533 people were admitted to hospital in the last week of April, of whom 112 were taken into intensive care. The number of …

Coronavirus hospital numbers down by 40% in a week: 'vaccines working'
3 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus hospital numbers down by 40% in a week: 'vaccines working'

Dutch News  

Hospital admissions for coronavirus declined by more than 40% in the last week in what the public health agency RIVM said was further proof that the vaccines were bringing down serious infections. The latest weekly bulletin shows 533 people were admitted to hospital in the last week of April, of whom 112 were taken into intensive care. The number of …

Most kids with coronavirus infections lack typical symptoms of COVID-19, study says
3 years, 7 months ago

Most kids with coronavirus infections lack typical symptoms of COVID-19, study says

LA Times  

Kindergarteners get their temperatures checked as they return to school in Riverside. A new study questions the value of this type of screening, since most kids with coronavirus infections don’t develop a fever. What’s more, nearly three-quarters of these infected children never had “any of the typical COVID-19 symptoms” — a fever, cough or shortness of breath — researchers wrote …

Rise in coronavirus hospital patients under 60 'concerning', says RIVM
3 years, 8 months ago

Rise in coronavirus hospital patients under 60 'concerning', says RIVM

Dutch News  

The number of coronavirus cases fell by 5.5% in the last seven days, but the proportion of positive tests rose for the sixth consecutive week. Fewer admissions In the last week another 1,633 coronavirus patients were admitted to Dutch hospitals, down from 1,774 the previous week, but the number currently being treated is virtually unchanged from a week ago at …

Rise in coronavirus hospital patients under 60 'concerning', says RIVM
3 years, 8 months ago

Rise in coronavirus hospital patients under 60 'concerning', says RIVM

Dutch News  

The number of coronavirus cases fell by 5.5% in the last seven days, but the proportion of positive tests rose for the sixth consecutive week. Fewer admissions In the last week another 1,633 coronavirus patients were admitted to Dutch hospitals, down from 1,774 the previous week, but the number currently being treated is virtually unchanged from a week ago at …

Highest school attendance during pandemic in England but tens of thousands still self-isolating, data shows
3 years, 9 months ago

Highest school attendance during pandemic in England but tens of thousands still self-isolating, data shows

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The number …

40% of primary schools sent classes home due to Covid
3 years, 9 months ago

40% of primary schools sent classes home due to Covid

NL Times  

Since primary schools were allowed to reopen last month, over 40 percent of them have had to send at least one class home due to coronavirus infections, according to a poll of 800 primary schools by the general association of school leaders AVS, NOS reports. If you see that only 35 to 40 percent of schools had to close while …

Coronavirus infections increasing again, average back over 4,000
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus infections increasing again, average back over 4,000

Dutch News  

Another 4,217 coronavirus infections were reported by the public health agency RIVM on Monday, taking the seven-day average figure above 4,000 for the first time since February 2. In the last seven days the number of positive tests has increased by 23.8%, but the proportion of tests that detect an infection has dropped below 10% for the first time since …

Ministers warn that any change to coronavirus rules will be cautious
3 years, 10 months ago

Ministers warn that any change to coronavirus rules will be cautious

Dutch News  

Any changes in the current coronavirus measures will be confined to ‘small cautious steps’ even if a relaxation of the rules is an option, health minister Hugo de Jonge told reporters after Friday’s meeting with regional safety board chiefs. Ministers will meet at the prime minister’s official residence on Sunday to discuss the latest situation and will take to health …

The level of Covid-19 among children reflects cases in the community, not whether schools were open
3 years, 10 months ago

The level of Covid-19 among children reflects cases in the community, not whether schools were open

CNN  

CNN — Covid-19 case rates among children track much more consistently with overall case rates in a state than with trends in in-person learning in K-12 schools, according to a CNN analysis of state-level data. The five states with the least Covid-19 cases per 100,000 residents are also the five states with the lowest case rates among children: Hawaii, Vermont, …

Dr. Rochelle Walensky: CDC director says ‘we have work to do’ when it comes to reopening schools safely
3 years, 10 months ago

Dr. Rochelle Walensky: CDC director says ‘we have work to do’ when it comes to reopening schools safely

CNN  

CNN — The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday emphasized the need for masking and other mitigation measures in order to reopen schools safely, saying “we have work to do” as teachers, students and parents continue to struggle with Covid-19’s impact on education. As that transmission comes down we’ll be able to relax some …

Amid Surges, Teachers Line Up For Their Vaccines
3 years, 11 months ago

Amid Surges, Teachers Line Up For Their Vaccines

NPR  

Amid Surges, Teachers Line Up For Their Vaccines Enlarge this image Suharu Ogawa for NPR Suharu Ogawa for NPR Don Brown has been driving a school bus for more than 20 years in the Chicago area. Sponsor Message And to make opening schools safer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classed school staff as "frontline essential workers" — …

Coronavirus cases drop below 7,000 but no let-up in hospitals
4 years ago

Coronavirus cases drop below 7,000 but no let-up in hospitals

Dutch News  

The number of new coronavirus infections dropped below 7,000 for the first time in nearly four weeks – but the downward trend is not yet being seen in hospitals. The public health agency RIVM reported 6,671 cases in the 24 hours to 10am, nearly 10% fewer than last Monday, when the numbers were affected by data processing issues. The virus …

Are schools really responsible for driving the spread of coronavirus?
4 years ago

Are schools really responsible for driving the spread of coronavirus?

The Independent  

Ministers have bowed to pressure from scientists and teaching unions to delay the return to the classroom for secondary school children in England. The latest round of the monthly survey, published on 15 December, found that between 13 November and 3 December the national prevalence of the virus was around 0.94 per cent across the population. View more A modelling …

Opinion: To open schools safely, mask up and close bars and malls
4 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: To open schools safely, mask up and close bars and malls

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Pediatrician Dr. Tanya Altmann is a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics, an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and adjunct clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. CNN — As school districts across the country ricochet between fully in-person, hybrid and fully online education, depending on the Covid-19 infection …

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.
4 years, 1 month ago

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.

Dutch News  

The official line is that children are unlikely to spread the coronavirus and schools must stay open. When my daughter’s primary school in Amsterdam emailed to say that her Group 5 teacher had Covid, I felt slightly uneasy. I remind her of the sweets I’d promised her after the test and the hands slowly descend; the health care worker probes …

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.
4 years, 1 month ago

Yes, children do spread the coronavirus. Here’s how I know.

Dutch News  

The official line is that children are unlikely to spread the coronavirus and schools must stay open. When my daughter’s primary school in Amsterdam emailed to say that her Group 5 teacher had Covid, I felt slightly uneasy. I remind her of the sweets I’d promised her after the test and the hands slowly descend; the health care worker probes …

Calls grow for early Christmas holiday following spike in infections in teenagers
4 years, 1 month ago

Calls grow for early Christmas holiday following spike in infections in teenagers

Dutch News  

Coronavirus cases rose rapidly among teenagers last week while declining in most other age groups, according to latest RIVM figures. Some experts are calling for the Christmas school holiday to be extended to prevent cases flatlining again, after last week brought a marginal decline of around 2%. The total number of infections is still more than three times the government’s …

Positive coronavirus test rate is 'stagnating' but rising among teens
4 years, 1 month ago

Positive coronavirus test rate is 'stagnating' but rising among teens

Dutch News  

Public health institute RIVM registered almost 37,000 positive coronavirus tests in the week to Tuesday morning, some 700 less than in the previous seven-day period. The total includes 3,979 newly confirmed cases in the 24 hours to Tuesday 10am, which is down 1,228 on Monday’s new total. In total, 422 people died of coronavirus last week, compared with 479 in …

As school coronavirus infections rise, teachers call for calm approach
4 years, 1 month ago

As school coronavirus infections rise, teachers call for calm approach

Dutch News  

Schools are now the fourth-most often reported source of coronavirus infections and the number of pupils picking up the virus is increasing, broadcaster NOS said on Tuesday. For example, paediatrician and epidemiologist Patrica Bruijning has suggested introducing class by class testing and variable school hours as ways of reducing the risk of infection. And the secondary school association VO Raad …

As school coronavirus infections rise, teachers call for calm approach
4 years, 1 month ago

As school coronavirus infections rise, teachers call for calm approach

Dutch News  

Schools are now the fourth-most often reported source of coronavirus infections and the number of pupils picking up the virus is increasing, broadcaster NOS said on Tuesday. For example, paediatrician and epidemiologist Patrica Bruijning has suggested introducing class by class testing and variable school hours as ways of reducing the risk of infection. And the secondary school association VO Raad …

More Covid measures needed in schools, pediatrician says
4 years, 1 month ago

More Covid measures needed in schools, pediatrician says

NL Times  

To further reduce the number of coronavirus infections in the Netherlands, the government needs to take a different approach in schools, pediatrician epidemiologist Patricia Bruijning said to Nieuwsuur. If we want the numbers to go down, I think we should also look at the schools," Bruijning said. "We took measures in many places to lower the reproduction number, but did …

Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise in London but level off in other parts of England
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus infection rates continue to rise in London but level off in other parts of England

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Coronavirus infection rates are rising in London but are decreasing …

Lessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open
4 years, 1 month ago

Lessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open

NPR  

Lessons From Europe, Where Cases Are Rising But Schools Are Open Enlarge this image toggle caption Serge Haouzi/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Serge Haouzi/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images Updated on Jan. 30 at 7:47 p.m. Sponsor Message Barve says everyone is doing their part: "It's a little bit of choppy water, but if people are swimming in their own lanes, there's less …

71% Parents Not Willing to Send Kids to School, Suggests Survey
4 years, 3 months ago

71% Parents Not Willing to Send Kids to School, Suggests Survey

The Quint  

About 71 percent of parents surveyed across India are not willing to send their kids to school in India due to the coronavirus pandemic, shows a recent survey by a community social media platform. While the number of coronavirus cases is rising sharply in India, the government has started reopening schools on a voluntary basis. According to the latest report …

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