The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued new guidance for U.S. schools to reopen, recommending universal mask-wearing and physical distancing as key COVID-19 mitigation strategies to get children back in the classroom quickly.
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Teachers Don t Have To Be Vaccinated To Safely Reopen Schools, CDC Says In New Memo
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Schools across the country can reopen for in-person learning safely depending on how the coronavirus is spreading in their area, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Federal health officials added that teachers and school staff don’t have to be vaccinated as an essential part of this reopening.
Built on studies showing that K-12 schools are “not a primary driver of community transmission,” the CDC s 33-page memo outlines a set of criteria for a safe return to classroom settings. The rules involve categorizing schools in four different zones based on local transmission rates and mitigation strategies.
The federal government’s new guidance for reopening classrooms does not require teachers to be vaccinated first.
A first wave of students returned to their classrooms in Chicago on Thursday, including at Blair Early Childhood Center, after a deal was reached between the city and its teachers’ union.Credit.Taylor Glascock for The New York Times
Published Feb. 12, 2021Updated March 27, 2021
In a move long awaited by educators, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidelines on Friday for how to operate schools safely during the pandemic.
The recommendations, more detailed than those released by the agency under the Trump administration, attempt to carve a middle path between people who want classrooms to reopen immediately and those teachers and parents who remain reluctant to return to in-person instruction before widespread vaccination.
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