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 to make. However, relaxing the rules still further will lead to an increase in infections among school pupils and students, which could lead to more children being hospitalized and suffering Long Covid, the OMT said. However, the OMT said it is making the quarantine recommendation on the the basis of ‘both this and the weighty argument about the importance of ensuring the continuity of education.’ You can follow the press conference via the DutchNews.nl Twitter feed @DutchNewsNL from 7pm.

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Education authorities advise schools to monitor sickness during winter
1 year 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 …

CDC drops quarantine, distancing recommendations for COVID
2 years, 4 months ago

CDC drops quarantine, distancing recommendations for COVID

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The nation’s top public health agency relaxed its COVID-19 guidelines Thursday, dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person. The CDC also dropped a “test-to-stay” recommendation, which said students exposed to COVID-19 could regularly test — instead of quarantining at home — to keep attending school. “After two …

Youngkin eases day care, school masking, quarantine guidance
2 years, 5 months ago

Youngkin eases day care, school masking, quarantine guidance

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Quarantining after exposure to COVID-19 is no longer recommended for unvaccinated, asymptomatic children in child care, K-12 schools and camp settings, Gov. The guidance announced Thursday evening by the Republican governor’s office also said masking is no longer routinely recommended in those settings, except in limited circumstances. Youngkin said the guidance, which is a departure from federal …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Outbreak Team: Children without Covid symptoms should not need to quarantine
2 years, 11 months ago

Outbreak Team: Children without Covid symptoms should not need to quarantine

NL Times  

Children up to 12 years of age no longer need to be quarantined if they do not have symptoms of Covid-19, the Outbreak Management Team advised the Cabinet. The OMT also informed the government that children at risk of an infection should severely limit contact with the elderly for at least ten days. The experts also said there is no …

Hawaii changes virus isolation, quarantine times in schools
2 years, 11 months ago

Hawaii changes virus isolation, quarantine times in schools

Associated Press  

HONOLULU — Hawaii public schools are changing their COVID-19 isolation and quarantine rules to allow for shorter periods of time out of class. In alignment with new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state health and education officials announced Tuesday that students, teachers and staff who test positive for COVID-19 will now be required to isolate or …

COVID vaccines for ages 5 to 11 start today but can schools open safely in the shadow of Omicron?
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID vaccines for ages 5 to 11 start today but can schools open safely in the shadow of Omicron?

ABC  

Sarah has worked as a teacher for decades and loves her job but this year something has shifted — she is anxious about returning to the classroom in 2022. "I just can't get a picture in my head of how schools can be safe," says Sarah, who teaches language to around 120 primary-aged children each day at a South Australian …

CDC updates Covid-19 prevention guidance for K-12 schools
2 years, 11 months 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 …

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 …

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 …

Disruptions to schooling fall hardest on vulnerable students
3 years, 2 months ago

Disruptions to schooling fall hardest on vulnerable students

Associated Press  

Even as schools have returned in full swing across the country, complications wrought by the pandemic persist, often falling hardest on those least able to weather them: families without transportation, people with limited income or other financial hardship, people who don’t speak English, children with special needs. “Sometimes, he feels like he’s not important enough to get picked up.” For …

What can Australia learn from the UK's return to school during the COVID-19 pandemic?
3 years, 2 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 …

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 …

New data affirm it. L.A. County school safety policies are working as COVID rates are low
3 years, 3 months ago

New data affirm it. L.A. County school safety policies are working as COVID rates are low

LA Times  

Students attend class at First Avenue Middle School in Arcadia. Citing the low number of coronavirus outbreaks in schools, public health officials on Thursday announced that schools in L.A. County will no longer be automatically required to send unvaccinated students home to quarantine for at least seven days after their last contact with an individual who tests positive. “So we’re …

Back at school: The Hindu Editorial on student safety during the pandemic
3 years, 3 months ago

Back at school: The Hindu Editorial on student safety during the pandemic

The Hindu  

State governments have taken the difficult decision to reopen schools for some classes, encouraged by a consensus among public health experts that the benefits to students and society at large outweigh the risks of a COVID-19 surge. A week after many of them reopened, mainly at the secondary and higher secondary level, infections among teachers and students have not triggered …

Schools again a hotbed for coronavirus immediately after summer break
3 years, 3 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 …

Voorburg primary school closed due to Covid-19 infections
3 years, 3 months ago

Voorburg primary school closed due to Covid-19 infections

NL Times  

A primary school in Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, had to close its doors on Tuesday, in the second week of school this academic year, due to coronavirus infections. "There are so many infections at De Driemaster primary school that we had to send all classes home," school director Ewald van Vliet said to Omroep West. According to Van Vliet, at least ten …

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 …

Vaccinate teachers, children to keep schools safe from Covid-19: WHO
3 years, 3 months ago

Vaccinate teachers, children to keep schools safe from Covid-19: WHO

India TV News  

As millions of children return to school for the new academic session, vaccinating teachers and other school staff against Covid-19 disease can help make schools a safe place against the infectious disease, the World Health Organisation and Unicef said on Monday. Children aged 12 years and above who have underlying medical conditions that put them at greater risk of severe …

L.A. County will continue to enforce strict school quarantine rules amid coronavirus cases
3 years, 3 months ago

L.A. County will continue to enforce strict school quarantine rules amid coronavirus cases

LA Times  

Students arrive at Mendez High School for coronavirus testing by the Los Angeles Unified School District. Los Angeles County health officials will continue to enforce strict school quarantine rules amid a “sobering” 3,186 coronavirus cases at campuses countywide last week, public health officials said Thursday. L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said that the full extent of the risk …

How kids can stay safer at school despite Delta variant threat
3 years, 4 months ago

How kids can stay safer at school despite Delta variant threat

LA Times  

Despite the threats posed by the Delta variant, there are ways to enhance kids’ safety at school. “Vaccination of all eligible adults and students is the most important strategy for decreasing COVID-19 transmission in schools,” said Dr. Kate Connor, a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. “The evidence is strongly supportive that universal masking in schools is one …

Thousands Of Students Quarantined After COVID Exposure Just Days Into School Year
3 years, 4 months ago

Thousands Of Students Quarantined After COVID Exposure Just Days Into School Year

Huff Post  

Thousands of students across the nation are already in quarantine amid COVID-19 outbreaks just days into the new school year. Tate Reeves has refused to issue a mask mandate — have been quarantined after at least 800 tested positive for COVID at the start of the school year. More than 1,000 students in Palm Beach County, Florida, were also sent …

School openings need to follow strict covid-19 guidelines
3 years, 4 months ago

School openings need to follow strict covid-19 guidelines

Live Mint  

School openings must be prioritised while maintaining proper health and hygiene, says World Health Organization's chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan. 1.5 billion children were suddenly out of school and it affecting their education, says Dr Donald Bundy" Earlier, on August 6, Dr Soumya Swaminathan had cautioned people against lowering their guard against the coronavirus and urged them to strictly follow …

Atlanta students in quarantine after 5 staffers, 9 students test positive for Covid-19
3 years, 4 months ago

Atlanta students in quarantine after 5 staffers, 9 students test positive for Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — More than 100 students at Atlanta’s Drew Charter School are in quarantine after nine students and five staff members tested positive for Covid-19, the head of school said Friday. The school said it was “working closely with local public health officials to ensure we follow the proper recommendations to quarantine.” Peter McKnight, Drew’s head of school, revised the …

How can schools stay safe from becoming Covid hotspots?
3 years, 5 months ago

How can schools stay safe from becoming Covid hotspots?

India Today  

Visuals of happy and anxious faces marked the reopening of schools in certain parts of Maharashtra last week. But as classroom lessons begin and children start mingling, how can schools stay safe from becoming Covid hotspots? Campus personnel will be required to wear face masks in the school premises and regular temperature checks will be conducted for students and staff,” …

Leading Pediatrics Group Recommends All Kids Wear Masks In School This Fall
3 years, 5 months ago

Leading Pediatrics Group Recommends All Kids Wear Masks In School This Fall

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The American Academy of Pediatrics recommended Monday that all children over the age of 2 should wear masks in school this fall, regardless of vaccination status, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues across the nation. “Combining layers of protection that include vaccinations, masking and clean hands hygiene will make in-person learning safe and possible for everyone.” The body …

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 …

Schools reopening: American Academy of Pediatrics recommends masks in schools for everyone over 2, regardless of vaccinations
3 years, 5 months ago

Schools reopening: American Academy of Pediatrics recommends masks in schools for everyone over 2, regardless of vaccinations

CNN  

CNN — The American Academy of Pediatrics released new Covid-19 guidance for schools on Monday that supports in-person learning and recommends universal masking in school of everyone over the age of 2, regardless of vaccination status – a stricter position than that taken this month by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “There are many children and others …

What are California’s new virus rules for public schools?
3 years, 5 months ago

What are California’s new virus rules for public schools?

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Department of Public Health has updated its coronavirus rules for public schools. The rules’ stated goal is to make sure as many students can attend full-time, in-person instruction as possible. State officials worried some schools would have had trouble accommodating all of their students with the physical distancing rule. But Monday evening, the department posted …

Health Min: Children from 4-12 may not have to quarantine with cold, flu symptoms
3 years, 5 months ago

Health Min: Children from 4-12 may not have to quarantine with cold, flu symptoms

NL Times  

Children aged between 4 and 12 will no longer have to quarantine if they are experiencing flu symptoms, Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said in a letter to Tweede Kamer. The advice concerning this age group was modified because children are believed to have a limited role in the spread of the coronavirus, according to Health Ministry policy. This applies …

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 …

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 rule relaxation is risky but responsible, Rutte says
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus rule relaxation is risky but responsible, Rutte says

Dutch News  

As expected, prime minister Mark Rutte announced four changes to the current coronavirus regulations at Tuesday evening’s press conference, but said the curfew will be extended until the morning of March 15. Old lives ‘It will still be a while before we get our old lives back,’ health minister Hugo de Jonge said. ‘And we are now seeing the first …

A Year into the Pandemic, Does India Consider Running Schools an Essential Activity?
3 years, 10 months ago

A Year into the Pandemic, Does India Consider Running Schools an Essential Activity?

News 18  

The economy is reopening with political rallies, mass protests, religious festivities, crowded markets, cinema halls and many going back to offices. At the height of the pandemic, the Oxfam India study showed that 80 per cent of parents who send their children to government schools reported that education was “not delivered” during the lockdown. Ninety-six per cent of STs and …

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 …

CDC: Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely
3 years, 10 months ago

CDC: Strong evidence in-person schooling can be done safely

Associated Press  

The nation’s top public health agency said Friday that in-person schooling can resume safely with masks, social distancing and other strategies, and vaccination of teachers, while important, is not a prerequisite for reopening. “We know that most clusters in the school setting have occurred when there are breaches in mask wearing,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC’s director, said in a …

Cabinet experts say primary schools can reopen on February 8: NOS
3 years, 10 months ago

Cabinet experts say primary schools can reopen on February 8: NOS

Dutch News  

Primary schools and childcare centres can open again on February 8, government coronavirus experts say in their latest recommendations to the cabinet, ahead of Sunday’s key meeting. Nevertheless, the Outbreak Management Team’s new advice does say that relaxing the rules carries risks in the form of hospital and IC admissions, broadcaster NOS said on Saturday, quoting the leaked document. In …

Going back to school may impact children psychologically: Experts
3 years, 10 months ago

Going back to school may impact children psychologically: Experts

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The sudden switch to online classes was the first to take a psychological toll on students and now the shift back to physical classes, approaching exams and the pressure to complete 70 per cent syllabus in about 90 days will push students down the edge, child psychologists have cautioned. Kids going to school, even with the consent of parents, …

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended
3 years, 11 months ago

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended

Dutch News  

School teachers are becoming increasingly worried about both their pupils and educational standards, now that schools are set to remain closed until at least February 7, according to a string of new reports and surveys. One in three primary school teachers in a survey by DUO said it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep all children involved in online education …

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended
3 years, 11 months ago

Teachers and pupils are struggling, as school shutdown is extended

Dutch News  

School teachers are becoming increasingly worried about both their pupils and educational standards, now that schools are set to remain closed until at least February 7, according to a string of new reports and surveys. One in three primary school teachers in a survey by DUO said it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep all children involved in online education …

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 …

7 things to do for schools reopening after Covid-19 lockdown
4 years, 1 month ago

7 things to do for schools reopening after Covid-19 lockdown

India Today  

While the Centre allowed the graded reopening of schools from October 15, they have left the specifics to state governments, individual schools and the parental choice as to whether or not they want to send their kids to school amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. From working on a hybrid class model to thoroughly cleaning and disinfecting of campuses at regular intervals …

Iowa relaxes quarantine guidance despite rapid virus spread
4 years, 2 months ago

Iowa relaxes quarantine guidance despite rapid virus spread

Associated Press  

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Gov. Kim Reynolds announced a policy change Tuesday to make it easier for Iowa students, teachers and business workers exposed to someone with COVID-19 to avoid a two-week quarantine, despite increasing cases across the state. A White House coronavirus task force report dated Sunday warned that Iowa’s high positivity and case rates and high number of …

Confusion over rules as 30 pupils at one school test positive for coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

Confusion over rules as 30 pupils at one school test positive for coronavirus

Dutch News  

Standing outside Spinoza Lyceum in the south of Amsterdam, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was 2019. ‘This applies to all pupils in secondary schools, regardless of their age.’ As pupils returned to school last month in full pre-coronavirus numbers, some found this lack of social distancing among themselves, the crowded hallways, no face masks and no kind of staggered …

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