Updated: 10:01 PM EST Jan 11, 2021 All school athletic activities in the town of Brookline have been suspended until at least Feb. 1 due to a recent sustained rise in COVID-19 cases within the community.Brookline Health Commissioner Dr. Swannie Jett says the temporary pause, which is effective immediately, applies to all practices, games, scrimmages and tournaments for the town s public and private schools. While we do not want to see the cancellation of games and practices for our students athletics programs, but there have been cases of COVID-19 directly linked to sports, and we need to take all the steps we can to protect everyone in town, including youths who may be at risk when participating in sports, Jett said in a statement. We will reevaluate again in a few weeks and hopefully sports will be able to resume once again. According to Jett, the Brookline Health Department will reevaluate whether school athletics can resume based on the COVID-19 data that is availa