It’s March 2020 COVID deja vu for college students as new term begins
2 years, 11 months ago

It’s March 2020 COVID deja vu for college students as new term begins

LA Times  

The start of 2022 at the University of California feels like March 2020 deja vu for some students. Most campuses started the winter quarter Monday with two weeks of remote classes — a decision announced days before Christmas as Omicron cases prompted new warnings for caution from health experts and public officials. “If I’m honest, I’m concerned that I won’t have an answer until the end of next week.” Quintero-Cubillan, a resident assistant at UC Santa Barbara, said that about 40 of their 80 supervised students have returned to campus to take pre-recorded lectures and read from dorm rooms. UC Santa Barbara is requiring all students to get tested before returning and said that although campus is scheduled to reopen on Jan. 18, plans for the quarter are “subject to reassessment.” At UC San Diego, students are required to take a PCR test on the day they return to campus. Chancellor Joseph I. Castro told The Times last month that the situation will be monitored and each university president has the power to make changes “based on local conditions.” Agni, who knows of at least two dozen people who currently have COVID-19, said the start of the quarter feels like “spring 2020, part two,” and that he wouldn’t be surprised if two weeks of remote school stretched beyond.

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COVID cases keep rising in L.A. County due to FLiRT; Mayor Karen Bass tests positive
5 months, 3 weeks ago

COVID cases keep rising in L.A. County due to FLiRT; Mayor Karen Bass tests positive

LA Times  

Despite a recent increase in coronavirus cases, fewer people are masking now — including most of these guests at UCLA’s graduation in June. The latest count shows the most new coronavirus cases per day since February’s tally, as the virus’ winter peak was trending down. For the week that ended June 22, there were an average of 153 patients in …

Has California’s COVID-19 winter surge peaked? Here’s what the data show
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Has California’s COVID-19 winter surge peaked? Here’s what the data show

LA Times  

The winter respiratory virus season may have hit its peak in California, with coronavirus levels in sewage and COVID-19 hospitalizations starting to decline following weeks of steady increases. In L.A. County, flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV — the other two prongs of the “tripledemic” that stressed California hospitals last winter — are still circulating at elevated levels but …

COVID outbreaks hit workplaces, schools across California as summer illnesses worsen
1 year, 3 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 …

Students urged to remain cautious over COVID
1 year, 6 months ago

Students urged to remain cautious over COVID

China Daily  

Graduating students prepare for the national college entrance examination, or gaokao, at a high school in Jiaozuo, Henan province, June 5, 2023. Students preparing for the upcoming national college entrance exam should monitor their health and keep in good physical condition as a new wave of COVID-19 hits the country, experts said. Fujian province said that students won't be allowed …

US Covid vaccine requirement for international travelers to end on May 11
1 year, 7 months ago

US Covid vaccine requirement for international travelers to end on May 11

Live Mint  

In the United States, the Covid-19 vaccine requirement for international travellers will end on May 11, and the coronavirus public health emergency will also terminate on the same day, the White House said in an official statement. “Today, we are announcing that the Administration will end the Covid-19 vaccine requirements for federal employees, federal contractors, and international air travellers at …

California’s COVID-19 student vaccine mandate, on hold since April, is dropped
1 year, 10 months ago

California’s COVID-19 student vaccine mandate, on hold since April, is dropped

LA Times  

Sarginoor Kaur gets a COVID-19 vaccination from nurse Chelsea Meyer at Arleta High School in 2021. California will not enact its student vaccine mandate, Public Health Department officials said. California’s student COVID-19 vaccine mandate — which has been on hold since April — has been quietly dropped as the state prepares to end emergency pandemic restrictions later this month, public …

California ends coronavirus testing requirements for certain unvaccinated workers
2 years, 3 months ago

California ends coronavirus testing requirements for certain unvaccinated workers

LA Times  

California has rescinded coronavirus testing requirements for unvaccinated workers at schools, healthcare facilities and other congregate settings, the latest rule to be rolled back as the state enters what officials say is a new phase of the pandemic. “We’ve entered a phase of the pandemic where the majority of people in these workplace settings are vaccinated, and our youngest Californians …

Coronavirus Today: Will COVID-19 take a summer vacation?
2 years, 6 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 …

School’s out. Will that help California get ahead of COVID-19?
2 years, 6 months ago

School’s out. Will that help California get ahead of COVID-19?

LA Times  

Angel Cardenas, a freshman at Hiram W. Johnson High School in Sacramento, wears his mask as he works on a math worksheet in class this week. “It’s very hard to accurately predict,” said L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer. “If nothing else, I’ve learned this virus throws us curve balls all the time.” The county’s official case count will …

California sends millions of COVID-19 tests to schools for the return from spring break
2 years, 8 months ago

California sends millions of COVID-19 tests to schools for the return from spring break

LA Times  

California has sent millions of at-home COVID-19 tests to schools in preparation for the return of students from spring break. In an effort to prepare school districts across the state to test students for COVID-19 when they return from spring break, Gov. The state has already shipped 14.3 million COVID-19 at-home tests for students and staff, the governor’s office said …

Spike in California virus cases hitting hospitals, schools
2 years, 11 months 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 …

COVID-19 Cluster Grips College Hostels: 67 Students From MIT, 27 From Stanley MC Test Positive For Virus
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 Cluster Grips College Hostels: 67 Students From MIT, 27 From Stanley MC Test Positive For Virus

ABP News  

Chennai: As novel coronavirus cases spike in Tamil Nadu, new clusters are gripping colleges hostels in Tamil Nadu. The three clusters emerged from Stanley Medical College Hospital, Madras Christian College in Chennai and MIT in Chromepet near Chennai. According to a report on Times of India, 27 students of Stanley Medical College Hospital tested positive for the virus on Wednesday. …

California to distribute COVID tests to K-12 students as Omicron spreads through state
3 years ago

California to distribute COVID tests to K-12 students as Omicron spreads through state

LA Times  

Skyzell Touch, 6, holds hands with his mother, Raizah Touch, as the first-grader heads for a coronavirus test before attending classes at Northridge Middle School in August. “As we approach the new year, we reaffirm our shared commitment to one another, to our parents and to our students: to keep each other safe and to keep our classrooms open.” Some …

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 …

LAUSD poised to push back deadline for student COVID vaccinations to fall 2022
3 years ago

LAUSD poised to push back deadline for student COVID vaccinations to fall 2022

LA Times  

A student is vaccinated at the Manual Arts High School gym near downtown. The Los Angeles school district is poised to remove its Jan. 10 student COVID-19 vaccine mandate, confronted with more than 30,000 students 12 and older who are not fully vaccinated and would otherwise be barred from campus, a significant step back from one of the nation’s strictest …

26 students test positive for Covid-19 at residential school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj
3 years ago

26 students test positive for Covid-19 at residential school in Odisha's Mayurbhanj

India Today  

As many as 26 students of Chamakpur Tribal Residential Girls’ School in Thakurmunda in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the district administration. The school premises is being sanitised twice daily after 26 students tested positive for coronavirus. Some of the students showed symptoms of cold and cough and reportedly fell ill on Thursday, following which …

Disappointing test figures show students are still struggling to get back into school-mode
3 years, 1 month ago

Disappointing test figures show students are still struggling to get back into school-mode

NL Times  

Poor results of the first "normal" test week of this academic year show that kids are still having a hard time getting back into the swing of things at school. "The test period in November is usually not the best of the year," rector Jan-Paul Beekman of the Spinoza Lyceum in Amsterdam said to Trouw. Rector Wim van de Eshof …

12 students of Jaipur private school test positive for Covid
3 years, 1 month ago

12 students of Jaipur private school test positive for Covid

India TV News  

Highlights 12 students of Jaishree Periwal International School tested positive for the coronavirus. As many as 12 students of a private school have tested positive for Covid-19 here on Tuesday, triggering worries among the parents. On Tuesday, 12 students of Jaishree Periwal International School tested positive for the virus. A school official said that a student who had come from …

Coronavirus Today: How to navigate Pandemic Thanksgiving 2.0
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus Today: How to navigate Pandemic Thanksgiving 2.0

LA Times  

I’m Karen Kaplan, and it’s Tuesday, Nov. 23. A recent survey by the Harris Poll found that half of respondents who were vaccinated were either “extremely” or “considerably” wary of spending holidays with relatives and friends who hadn’t taken advantage of the shots. “This isn’t a decision about whether you want to spend time with them,” said Dr. Curley Bonds, …

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India Reports 8,865 Covid Cases, Lowest in 287 Days; Singapore to Welcome Fully-vaccinated Travelers from India
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus LIVE Updates: India Reports 8,865 Covid Cases, Lowest in 287 Days; Singapore to Welcome Fully-vaccinated Travelers from India

News 18  

West Bengal reopens in-person classes for school students in class IX, X, XI and XII after a gap of nearly two years. Meanwhile, Singapore is planning to allow quarantine-free travel for fully-vaccinated passengers from India and Indonesia from November 29 and will add three more countries early next month as it hopes to reclaim and rebuild the country’s status as …

IIT Bombay to Reopen Campus for Second, Third-Year Students in December
3 years, 1 month ago

IIT Bombay to Reopen Campus for Second, Third-Year Students in December

News 18  

The Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay will resume physical classes for undergraduate second-year and third-year students after a long halt of over 20 months. The students have already missed one year of their campus life due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read | Delhi Schools to Shut Physical Classes Due to Rising Air Pollution Director of IIT-Bombay, S Sudarshan told a …

Little support for coronavirus access passes in higher education
3 years, 1 month 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 …

Plan to help Victorian schools reopen quickly after students test positive for COVID-19
3 years, 2 months ago

Plan to help Victorian schools reopen quickly after students test positive for COVID-19

ABC  

When "the dreaded phone call from public health" arrived late last week, Delacombe Primary School principal Scott Phillips and his leadership team "swung into action". Key points: The Victorian Education Department has developed a 'standard response' for schools with students who test positive for COVID-19 Only classrooms and bathrooms linked to positive cases will require deep cleaning Most students and …

Maharashtra: Colleges to reopen from Oct 20, students to be fully-vaccinated
3 years, 2 months ago

Maharashtra: Colleges to reopen from Oct 20, students to be fully-vaccinated

Hindustan Times  

All the colleges and universities in Maharashtra can conduct physical classes from October 20 and students must be fully vaccinated in order to attend the classroom sessions, state Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant said on Wednesday. Maharashtra: Colleges to reopen from Oct 20, students to be fully-vaccinated The decision comes in the wake of schools across the state …

US Covid-19 update: Get vaccinated to help prevent more variants down the road
3 years, 2 months ago

US Covid-19 update: Get vaccinated to help prevent more variants down the road

CNN  

CNN — Adequate rates of vaccination can help prevent the rise of new mutations that could force people to get booster after booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Sunday. CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told CBS’s “Face the Nation.” “Our goal right now is to stay ahead of the …

Special COVID-19 vaccination arrangements rolled out for year 11, 12 students in WA
3 years, 3 months ago

Special COVID-19 vaccination arrangements rolled out for year 11, 12 students in WA

ABC  

Western Australia is pushing to get young people vaccinated as soon as possible, with arrangements being urgently rolled out to get Year 11 and 12 students through the doors of clinics. Key points: Special vaccination arrangements will be in place for senior students Special vaccination arrangements will be in place for senior students The Pfizer vaccine is also being made …

Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up
3 years, 3 months ago

Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles board of education voted Thursday to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district. The Los Angeles Unified School District, which has more than 600,000 mostly Latino students, already tests all students and employees every week, requires masking indoors and outdoors …

Don't send home entire class after positive Covid test, experts say
3 years, 3 months ago

Don't send home entire class after positive Covid test, experts say

Dutch News  

Government health advisors are recommending that primary schools do not send home entire classes if one pupil tests positive for coronavirus, Trouw reported on Monday. However, Trouw says, the Outbreak Management Team which advises the government on dealing with the pandemic, is recommending that only pupils who have ‘close contact’ with the affected child be sent home. The current rule …

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

Negative COVID test required for returning college faculty, students
3 years, 3 months ago

Negative COVID test required for returning college faculty, students

China Daily  

China Daily| Updated :2021-08-27 Faculty and students of colleges and universities have to provide a negative COVID-19 test result within 48 hours before returning to school, according to a statement released on the website of the National Health Commission. Schools are required to verify the health conditions and travel information of faculty and students 14 days before returning to school, …

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 …

Safe at school: The Hindu Editorial on getting students back on campus
3 years, 4 months ago

Safe at school: The Hindu Editorial on getting students back on campus

The Hindu  

Almost every child got left behind for more than a year in India, as COVID-19 shuttered schools and forced pupils to study online at home, if they could. In several countries, leaders are exploring ways to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection among pupils who are not yet eligible for vaccination, while getting them back on campus. One study of …

Class of 2020: 'The reality of being at university during Covid– and what this year's freshers should know'
3 years, 4 months ago

Class of 2020: 'The reality of being at university during Covid– and what this year's freshers should know'

The Telegraph  

Looking back, it was never going to be a normal start for first year students. As soon as term began last September, almost 2,000 freshers at Manchester Metropolitan University were ordered to self-isolate after hundreds tested positive for coronavirus. Things were tense, and on Nov 5, the first day of England’s second national lockdown, thousands of students at Manchester University …

August 2, 2021 US coronavirus news
3 years, 4 months ago

August 2, 2021 US coronavirus news

CNN  

A senior administration official told CNN they believe there are governors in the country who are putting their “political interests” ahead of public health in getting their citizens vaccinated. But the official did not rule out a stricter mandate on federal workers that goes beyond the announcement Biden made last week that federal employees must attest to being vaccinated or …

CSU to require COVID-19 vaccinations for students, faculty, staff on campus this fall
3 years, 4 months ago

CSU to require COVID-19 vaccinations for students, faculty, staff on campus this fall

LA Times  

California State University — the nation’s largest four-year public university system — will require students, faculty and staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before returning to campus for the fall semester. “This new provision allows some way for campuses to stay in control over how this vaccine mandate is implemented.” Cal State’s process will largely rely on trust, spokesperson Mike …

Covid-19 child cases are again rising as schools gear up to reopen. But vaccines for the youngest are still months away
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 child cases are again rising as schools gear up to reopen. But vaccines for the youngest are still months away

CNN  

CNN — New Covid-19 cases among children are back on the rise after months of declines, just as schools across the United States are gearing up to reopen in a few weeks. Video Ad Feedback Surgeon General on when he still wears a mask 02:59 - Source: CNN Vaccine data for youngest likely still months away It’s “very likely” data …

Students: How are you feeling about the return to in-person college?
3 years, 5 months ago

Students: How are you feeling about the return to in-person college?

LA Times  

In March 2020, colleges across the country began shutting their doors. Slowly at first, then in a frenzy, students were sent home with the promise they’d return soon. In Los Angeles County, recent weeks have brought mask recommendations and then mandates due to an alarming rise in coronavirus rates predominantly among the unvaccinated, courtesy of the Delta variant. Amid the …

UC mandates COVID-19 vaccinations and will bar most students without them from campus
3 years, 5 months ago

UC mandates COVID-19 vaccinations and will bar most students without them from campus

LA Times  

A lone jogger runs past Royce Hall on a nearly empty UCLA campus. As the highly contagious Delta variant spreads amid lower vaccination rates among younger people, unvaccinated students without approved exemptions will be barred from in-person classes, events and campus facilities, including housing — and not all classes will be offered online, a UC memo outlining the mandate said. …

No vaccines for young children, but schools can reopen safely in the fall, a study shows
3 years, 6 months ago

No vaccines for young children, but schools can reopen safely in the fall, a study shows

LA Times  

Students wear masks and sit at socially distanced desks at a school in Ramona, Calif. Over the course of 2,000 runs of their model elementary school with a relaxed approach to masking, social distancing and isolation, a single infected child was likely to spread the coronavirus to an average of 1.7 other children over 30 days, researchers found. With students …

IITs, higher education institutes want students to be vaccinated before returning to campus
3 years, 6 months ago

IITs, higher education institutes want students to be vaccinated before returning to campus

India Today  

Several higher educational institutes in India, including the Indian Institutes of Technology have said that vaccination of students and staff against coronavirus at the earliest is the way forward to ensure their safe return to the campuses. While talking to PTI about the vaccination for students, IIT Guwahati Director TG Sitharam said, “Vaccination seems to be the most immediate and …

90% don't see students taking Covid weekly self-tests, research shows
3 years, 7 months ago

90% don't see students taking Covid weekly self-tests, research shows

NL Times  

Almost 90% of those surveyed in a new Hart van Nederland poll said they find it unlikely that high school students will adhere to advice that they test themselves for coronavirus twice per week. Secondary schools were given the green light to fully reopen on May 31 on a prerequisite that all students and teachers use a free coronavirus self-test …

Miami private school asks teachers not to get Covid-19 vaccine or they won’t be allowed to return next year
3 years, 7 months ago

Miami private school asks teachers not to get Covid-19 vaccine or they won’t be allowed to return next year

CNN  

CNN — A Miami private school has asked its employees to wait to get the Covid-19 vaccine until the end of the school year, but still cautioned that if they do, they won’t be allowed to return next year, the school told staff this month. The school’s CEO and co-founder Leila Centner sent a letter to faculty and staff at …

Higher education students return to class starting Monday
3 years, 7 months ago

Higher education students return to class starting Monday

NL Times  

Higher education students will be able to physically attend classes at universities approximately once per week starting on Monday. All students attending lessons need to present proof of a negative Covid-19 test to gain entry, and all of the coronavirus social distancing measures remain in force at all facilities. Additionally, the government previously announced that coronavirus self-test kits would be …

Relaxation of lockdown measure won't cause new Covid peak, ICU expert says
3 years, 7 months ago

Relaxation of lockdown measure won't cause new Covid peak, ICU expert says

NL Times  

The upcoming relaxation of a handful of coronavirus measures will not cause a peak in the number of intensive care admissions because the vaccination progress has improved, Dutch Association for Intensive Care chair Diederik Gommers told the newswire ANP. He added that the pressure on intensive care units is more likely the result of decreased compliance with current coronavirus measures. …

California's public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 8 months ago

California's public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine

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 Two of the nation’s largest …

California’s public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 8 months ago

California’s public universities to require COVID-19 vaccine

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Two of the nation’s largest university systems say they intend to require COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, faculty and staff on University of California and California State University campuses this fall. “Together, the CSU and UC enroll and employ more than one million students and employees across 33 major university campuses, so this is the most comprehensive …

US colleges divided over requiring student vaccinations
3 years, 8 months ago

US colleges divided over requiring student vaccinations

Associated Press  

BOSTON — U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy next fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should — or legally can — require it. “It also provides a level of confidence for the entire community that we are taking all appropriate measures.” Northeastern and other colleges …

U.S. colleges divided over requiring student vaccinations
3 years, 8 months ago

U.S. colleges divided over requiring student vaccinations

LA Times  

U.S. colleges hoping for a return to normalcy in the fall are weighing how far they should go in urging students to get the COVID-19 vaccine, including whether they should — or legally can — require it. “It also provides a level of confidence for the entire community that we are taking all appropriate measures.” Northeastern and other colleges requiring …

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