The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education has voted to delay studentsâ return for in-person classes until Jan. 21, citing a spike in COVID-19 cases, a shortage of substitute teachers, and growing anxiety among school staff about the uptick in virus infections.
ECPPS elementary school students had been scheduled to return from holiday break for in-person classes on Jan. 6. Middle and high school students also were scheduled to return that day for a mixture of online and in-person classes.
Students will still return to classes on Jan. 6; however, all of their classes will be online. Face-to-face, in-person instruction will not resume for any students until Jan. 21.
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Albemarle Regional Health Services made the announcement during a Zoom meeting with local officials on Thursday.
COVID-19 vaccinations require two shots and the first shipments would be enough for 4,000 health care workers in ARHSâ eight-county region.
The first vaccines, or Phase 1A, will be administered first to health care workers at high risk for exposure to COVID-19, ARHS said. That includes personnel like doctors, nurses and others who interact and care for patients with COVID-19. Also included are workers who clean areas used by patients and those who administer vaccines to workers.
âThe 4,000 initial doses will only be a start to cover all of the people outlined in Phase 1A,â said ARHS spokeswoman Amy Underhill.
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