New Dashboard Tracks Coronavirus Cases In Schools Across 47 States
4 years, 3 months ago

New Dashboard Tracks Coronavirus Cases In Schools Across 47 States

NPR  

New Dashboard Tracks Coronavirus Cases In Schools Across 47 States A new national effort asks K-12 schools to voluntarily — and anonymously — report their confirmed and suspected coronavirus cases, along with the safety strategies they're using. Here's a closer look at some key metrics within the database: Infection rate among students Schools that have brought students back in person reported a total of 230 cases among just under 100,000 students who attended school in person during the two-week period covered by the dashboard. If expressed as a daily case rate, that would be 16.4 cases per 100,000 people per day, which falls in the "orange" or next-to-highest risk level category set by the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Brown University School of Public Health. Sponsor Message Infection rate among staff Schools in the database reported a raw total of approximately 130 cases among nearly 40,000 staff members over the two-week period covered by the dashboard. As a daily case rate, that would be 35 cases per 100,000 people per day, which is in the "red," or highest, risk level category set by the Harvard Global Health Institute and the Brown University School of Public Health.

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Education authorities advise schools to monitor sickness during winter
1 year, 1 month ago

Education authorities advise schools to monitor sickness during winter

China Daily  

Local education authorities and schools are urged to work hard on preventing and controlling COVID infections and other key infectious diseases this coming winter and spring, according to a circular released by the nation's top education body on Tuesday. Schools should respond to possible overlapping epidemic diseases and alternating peaks in a timely manner, the Ministry of Education said. Local …

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 …

Opinion: California gave up on mandating COVID vaccines for schoolchildren. Here’s why that’s wise
1 year, 10 months ago

Opinion: California gave up on mandating COVID vaccines for schoolchildren. Here’s why that’s wise

LA Times  

A California Supreme Court decision last week reaffirmed that individual school districts lack the authority to require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Unlike the other vaccines required for school enrollment in California, the COVID vaccines are unreliable at preventing infection or transmission, providing at best modest protection against infection for only a couple of months. We never had any …

LAUSD COVID-19 cases: Tracking the spread and outbreaks
1 year, 11 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 …

More Students Enrolled in Govt Schools Post Pandemic; Learning Levels of Classes 3-5 Drop: ASER
1 year, 11 months ago

More Students Enrolled in Govt Schools Post Pandemic; Learning Levels of Classes 3-5 Drop: ASER

News 18  

The number of students enrolled in schools in the 6-14 age-group increased to 98.4% in 2022 from 97.2% in 2018, with a higher number of children enrolled in government schools than private schools. Also, there is an alarming drop in learning levels in classes 3 and 5, as per the findings of the Annual Status of Education Report 2022 that …

Viral outbreak that forced 1,000 pupils off sick at ONE Virginia school is blamed on influenza
2 years, 2 months ago

Viral outbreak that forced 1,000 pupils off sick at ONE Virginia school is blamed on influenza

Daily Mail  

A viral outbreak that caused 1,000 students at a Virginia school to miss class last week is believed to have been caused by influenza A, local officials report. A viral outbreak that has struck Stafford High School in Fredericksburg, Virginia, is believed to be cause by influenza A after multiple students tested positive for the virus. Around 1,000 students missed …

State school pupils twice as likely to feel behind with learning after Covid pandemic, study shows
2 years, 3 months ago

State school pupils twice as likely to feel behind with learning after Covid pandemic, study shows

The Independent  

State school pupils are twice as likely to feel behind on learning than private school peers, according to a landmark survey into the impact of the Covid pandemic on education. The study is following thousands of students through education to assess the ongoing impact of the Covid pandemic and differences between state and private school pupils. The impact of the …

Revealed: Schoolchildren hardest hit by Covid lockdowns
2 years, 3 months ago

Revealed: Schoolchildren hardest hit by Covid lockdowns

The Telegraph  

The schoolchildren hit hardest by lockdowns are revealed on Thursday in the largest study of its kind. Meanwhile, state school pupils were more than twice as likely to feel that they have fallen behind their classmates, at 37 per cent, compared to the 15 per cent of pupils at independent schools who believed they had fallen behind their peers. The …

13,000 school exclusions due to breach of Covid rules, figures show
2 years, 5 months ago

13,000 school exclusions due to breach of Covid rules, figures show

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Breaches of coronavirus rules were …

L.A. schools drop aggressive COVID-19 rules: No more testing for all and masks stay optional
2 years, 5 months ago

L.A. schools drop aggressive COVID-19 rules: No more testing for all and masks stay optional

LA Times  

When Los Angeles schools open on Aug. 15, mask wearing will be optional and other COVID-19 safety rules relaxed to match with county requirements. Los Angeles Unified school leaders on Tuesday officially stepped back from COVID-19 safety protocols that have been among the most far-reaching in the country, choosing instead to mirror current county requirements and join most other school …

Some schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year
2 years, 5 months ago

Some schools hit hard by virus make few changes for new year

Associated Press  

As a new school year approaches, COVID-19 infections are again on the rise, fueled by highly transmissible variants, filling families with dread. “We don’t anticipate significant changes to our plan; we don’t anticipate significant disruptions,” said Charles Herndon, a Baltimore County Public Schools spokesperson. “We firmly believe that with the protocols we have in place that we’re going to be …

Coronavirus Today: Will COVID-19 take a summer vacation?
2 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus Today: Will COVID-19 take a summer vacation?

LA Times  

I’m Karen Kaplan, and it’s Tuesday, June 14. Clearing the air in schools While we’re on the topic of schools and COVID-19, let’s look at one of the pandemic’s potential silver linings — cleaner classroom air. “We haven’t had that amount of money coming from the federal government for school facilities for the last hundred years,” Anisa Heming, director of …

Surge in Covid symptoms cause concern in Delhi-NCR schools, demand for medicines spike
2 years, 8 months ago

Surge in Covid symptoms cause concern in Delhi-NCR schools, demand for medicines spike

India Today  

The Covid numbers have started surging in the national capital region, again. Several private schools in Noida were shut for a week after Covid cases were reported in children. READ | Covid cases in India double in a week but no major spike in fatalities Juhi said, "We are following all the Covid protocols not only at home but also …

Protocol in place, prepared to tackle Covid infections: Delhi schools
2 years, 8 months ago

Protocol in place, prepared to tackle Covid infections: Delhi schools

Hindustan Times  

Schools in the city welcomed the standard operating procedures issued by the directorate of education on Friday to prevent the spread of Covid-19 infection on campuses, with many saying they are already implementing most of the measures listed in the guidelines. Bharat Arora, president of the Action Committee of Unaided Private Schools, a consortium of private schools, said that most …

No student, staff to be allowed in schools without thermal scanning: Delhi govt
2 years, 8 months ago

No student, staff to be allowed in schools without thermal scanning: Delhi govt

Hindustan Times  

No student or staff should be allowed entry into school premises without thermal scanning and if any of them tests Covid positive, the institute's authorities must take appropriate quarantine measures, according to Delhi government guidelines for schools. No student, staff to be allowed in schools without thermal scanning: Delhi govt The guidelines were issued in the wake of a spike …

What About Kids at Malls & Functions, Ask Experts as Rising Covid Cases Bring Back School Closure Demand
2 years, 8 months ago

What About Kids at Malls & Functions, Ask Experts as Rising Covid Cases Bring Back School Closure Demand

News 18  

With a rise in the number of school-going children catching coronavirus in India, especially in Delhi and neighbouring areas, the demand to shut schools and cancel exams is back. The virus spread irrespective of opening of schools,” believes Naman Jain, Education Expert and Director, Silverline Prestige School, Ghaziabad, who is currently running the school in accordance with strict Covid-19 protocol. …

Delhi schools, experts laud call to keep in-person classes going
2 years, 8 months ago

Delhi schools, experts laud call to keep in-person classes going

Hindustan Times  

School administrators in the national capital on Wednesday welcomed the Delhi Disaster Management Authority’s decision to keep schools open for offline classes despite the increase in Covid-19 cases over the past week, with some reports suggesting that one reason for this was the reopening of schools. While sharing the findings of a survey conducted across private schools, Arora said: “Out …

Coronavirus News Updates: Gujarat Sees 11 Covid Cases, No Death; Active Tally 154
2 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus News Updates: Gujarat Sees 11 Covid Cases, No Death; Active Tally 154

News 18  

Coronavirus News Updates: Gujarat’s Covid-19 tally increased by 11 in the last 24 hours to touch 12,24,129, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,942, an official said on Friday. Noting a “slight” rise in Covid-19 cases, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said earlier in the day that he has directed the education department to issue guidelines on Friday in …

Covid-19 cases rise again: How can you keep your children safe in schools, home
2 years, 9 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 …

Requiring masks in K-12 schools cut Covid-19 infections, study shows
2 years, 10 months ago

Requiring masks in K-12 schools cut Covid-19 infections, study shows

CNN  

CNN — As states roll back masking requirements for students, a new study shows that masks helped cut Covid-19 infections in public K-12 schools that required them in the fall. Compared with districts that didn’t require masks, districts that did had 22% fewer Covid-19 cases among students in kindergarten through fifth grade; 31% fewer cases among students in grades six …

Coronavirus updates | February 11, 2022
2 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus updates | February 11, 2022

The Hindu  

Noting that the decision on third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for all adults will be taken based on scientific need, the government on Thursday said emerging knowledge on the subject is under its active consideration. Here are the updates : National WHO chief scientist: pandemic has not ended as more variants expected The World Health Organization's chief scientist, Soumya Swaminathan, …

Managing COVID-19's Omicron outbreaks in schools proves challenging for WA government
2 years, 11 months ago

Managing COVID-19's Omicron outbreaks in schools proves challenging for WA government

ABC  

Schools are shaping up as a major test of the McGowan government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Less than a week before the 2022 school year kicked off, Premier Mark McGowan and his Education Minister, Sue Ellery, launched their "safe return to school" plan. Confusing new school rules Now schools and parents have a fresh challenge: Schools have been scrambling …

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 …

Health advisors say relax school quarantine rules, ahead of Tuesday press conference
2 years, 11 months ago

Health advisors say relax school quarantine rules, ahead of Tuesday press conference

Dutch News  

The government’s coronavirus Outbreak Management Team is recommending that the quarantine rules for schools be further relaxed so that entire classes no longer need to be sent home. New health minister Ernst Kuipers has sent the OMT’s recommendations to parliament ahead of Tuesday night’s press conference, during which he and prime minister Mark Rutte, will outline what changes they plan …

Health advisors say relax school quarantine rules, ahead of Tuesday press conference
2 years, 11 months ago

Health advisors say relax school quarantine rules, ahead of Tuesday press conference

Dutch News  

The government’s coronavirus Outbreak Management Team is recommending that the quarantine rules for schools be further relaxed so that entire classes no longer need to be sent home. New health minister Ernst Kuipers has sent the OMT’s recommendations to parliament ahead of Tuesday night’s press conference, during which he and prime minister Mark Rutte, will outline what changes they plan …

L.A. schools see coronavirus rates decline; student attendance improves amid record surge
2 years, 11 months ago

L.A. schools see coronavirus rates decline; student attendance improves amid record surge

LA Times  

Seventh- and eighth-grade students in advanced engineering at Olive Vista Middle School in Sylmar on the first day back in January after winter break. Many students who tested positive in the week before school could be back in class — as could some students who were being held at home last week by worried parents. The school’s administrative team is …

Andhra Pradesh sees 74 per cent attendance in schools
2 years, 11 months ago

Andhra Pradesh sees 74 per cent attendance in schools

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The number of students attending schools has gone up to 74 per cent on the second day against 61 per cent on the first day of reopening of schools after Sankranti vacation in the state. Minister for education Adimulapu Suresh here on Tuesday said that more students were turning up at the schools to attend classes given the rise …

'No evidence that reopening schools caused Covid surge': World Bank Education Director
3 years ago

'No evidence that reopening schools caused Covid surge': World Bank Education Director

India TV News  

Highlights There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of pandemic: World Bank official There is no relation between opening schools and spread of coronavirus, he said. There is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to …

More than 62,000 LAUSD students, staff out with positive coronavirus cases as schools open
3 years ago

More than 62,000 LAUSD students, staff out with positive coronavirus cases as schools open

LA Times  

Eighth-graders Katarina Weinzierl, left, and Isabel Ramos hug after not seeing each other since the end of last semester at Olive Vista Middle School in Sylmar. School board member Nick Melvoin said he has heard from parents who were worried about the high case rate identified by the district’s required testing for all after winter break. “That’s the point of …

Covid-19 surge could peak later this month, expert says, but the next few weeks are critical
3 years ago

Covid-19 surge could peak later this month, expert says, but the next few weeks are critical

CNN  

CNN — The current Covid-19 surge in the US, fueled by the Omicron variant, could peak later this month – but the next couple of weeks are critical, a health expert says. Last week, multiple locations of the University of Washington health care system in Washington state started prioritizing testing solely for people “who have symptoms of respiratory illness or …

Georgia public school teachers who test positive for coronavirus may return to school if asymptomatic and masked
3 years ago

Georgia public school teachers who test positive for coronavirus may return to school if asymptomatic and masked

CNN  

CNN — Georgia public school teachers who test positive for the virus that causes Covid-19 no longer have to isolate before returning to school, according to a letter from Gov. The Georgia Department of Public Health on Wednesday had posted an updated administrative order for isolation and quarantine allowing teachers and school staff to return to work after a Covid-19 …

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 updates Covid-19 prevention guidance for K-12 schools
3 years ago

CDC updates Covid-19 prevention guidance for K-12 schools

CNN  

CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance for Covid-19 prevention in schools offering kindergarten through 12th-grade classes on Thursday, aligning the recommendations with the agency’s recently updated Covid-19 quarantine and isolation guidelines for the general public. “So right now, among the things that are really important to do to keep our schools safely open …

COVID-19 case rates climb in students and teachers across local districts, mirroring county
3 years ago

COVID-19 case rates climb in students and teachers across local districts, mirroring county

LA Times  

Principal Jill Van Der Linden, left, welcomes parents and students back to campus for the first day of instruction at Lake View Elementary School earlier this school year. On Thursday, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District reported 336 cases of the coronavirus across its elementary, middle and high school campuses with highs of 53 and 51 cases among staff and students …

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 …

Plans ‘being drawn up by schools to remain closed after New Year’
3 years, 1 month ago

Plans ‘being drawn up by schools to remain closed after New Year’

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. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said that …

Number of nurseries with Covid cases reaches all-time high as schools hit by ‘severe low attendance’
3 years, 1 month ago

Number of nurseries with Covid cases reaches all-time high as schools hit by ‘severe low attendance’

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 More nurseries …

Closing schools again unfairly punishes kids: School leaders
3 years, 1 month ago

Closing schools again unfairly punishes kids: School leaders

NL Times  

While closing schools may help reduce the number of coronavirus infections, it would be terribly unfair to the children, according to primary schools' organization PO-Raad. On Wednesday, the PO-Raad, secondary schools' organization VO-Raad, university association VSNU, and education union AOb called on the Cabinet to prioritize education staff for Covid-19 booster shots. Children's Ombudsman Margrite Kalverboer asked the Cabinet to …

Outbreak advisors want to avoid new Covid measures at schools
3 years, 1 month ago

Outbreak advisors want to avoid new Covid measures at schools

NL Times  

The Outbreak Management Team would prefer to "avoid" stricter rules for schools, despite the increasing number of infections among children. The OMT does think it is important to monitor the situation in schools "closely" to see whether children infect too many other age groups. According to the OMT advice, "additional measures" may still be needed in schools. The rest of …

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 …

Little support for coronavirus access passes in higher education
3 years, 2 months ago

Little support for coronavirus access passes in higher education

NL Times  

There is little support in higher education for the introduction of a coronavirus access pass for students. In a press conference on Tuesday, the Cabinet said that students might soon have to show a coronavirus access pass to get onto campus, should the number of coronavirus infections not decrease with the current measures. "Apart from the fact that it affects …

ACT records nine new COVID-19 cases as more students return to campus
3 years, 2 months ago

ACT records nine new COVID-19 cases as more students return to campus

ABC  

The ACT has recorded nine new cases of COVID-19, with 88 per cent of Canberrans aged 12 and over now fully vaccinated. Key points: After months of remote learning, thousands of school students have returned to campus in Canberra today After months of remote learning, thousands of school students have returned to campus in Canberra today ACT Education Minister Yvette …

What can Australia learn from the UK's return to school during the COVID-19 pandemic?
3 years, 3 months ago

What can Australia learn from the UK's return to school during the COVID-19 pandemic?

ABC  

This time next month, hundreds of thousands of students in New South Wales and Victoria will be back at school after months of home learning. Professor Russell also pointed out the UK had "minimal mitigation measures" in place when schools went back, and recently removed mandatory masks. Zoë Hyde, an epidemiologist at the University of Western Australia and member of …

Schools need to be reopened in a phased manner with multi-layered Covid mitigation steps: ICMR study
3 years, 3 months ago

Schools need to be reopened in a phased manner with multi-layered Covid mitigation steps: ICMR study

India TV News  

The schools need to be reopened in a phased manner, suggested the Indian Council of Medical Research in its latest study. In the opinion piece that has synthesized scientific evidence from within India and abroad on the justification for reopening of schools, experts said knowing that COVID-19 transmission is an "over-dispersed" phenomenon, testing strategies in schools could serve as key …

Headteacher contacts police after anti-Covid vaccine campaigner walks into school
3 years, 3 months ago

Headteacher contacts police after anti-Covid vaccine campaigner walks into school

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. He also said an “unwelcome” campaigner …

Colorado Data Shows Vaccines And Masks Are Helping Protect Schoolchildren From COVID
3 years, 3 months ago

Colorado Data Shows Vaccines And Masks Are Helping Protect Schoolchildren From COVID

NPR  

Colorado Data Shows Vaccines And Masks Are Helping Protect Schoolchildren From COVID Colorado counties with high vaccination rates have much lower infection rates among children than those with low rates. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Health officials in Colorado say there's now clear evidence that vaccinations and masks help to protect kids from COVID-19. JOHN DALEY, BYLINE: The state Health Department compared …

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 …

WA Government announces new measures to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in schools
3 years, 3 months ago

WA Government announces new measures to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in schools

ABC  

The state government will introduce two new measures – including a school-based vaccination program – to make it easier for students and staff in WA schools to get a COVID-19 jab. Key points: Walk-in vaccination appointments will be provided to 16 and 17-year olds from next week This will be followed by a staged roll-out of vaccinations in schools for …

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