12-year-old boy dies from injuries after accidental shooting in Swatara Township home
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
A 12-year-old Swatara Township boy died Thursday from injuries he suffered in an accidental shooting in his home on Valentine’s Day, the district attorney’s office said.
The boy had remained in the hospital for 11 days but could not overcome the injuries to his brain, officials said.
A partial autopsy was planned to recover the bullet.
The boy’s name was not released, nor were the exact circumstances of the shooting, which occurred just after noon on a Sunday afternoon in the 2900 block of Sycamore Street.
Seven COVID-19 precautions for schools
Jesusegun Alagbe
Shortly before schools reopened in many states in the country and across the world generally, there were concerns about how safe schools were for pupils during the pandemic.
However, health organisations such as the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States said that so far schools maintain protocols such as social distancing and mask-wearing, in-person learning would be safe and the spread of COVID-19 prevented.
Several recent studies in the US and elsewhere have reached similar conclusions, including a study in the Journal of the American Academy of Paediatrics – stating that there is little evidence that schools can contribute significantly to COVID-19 community transmission.
RALEIGH â Gov. Roy Cooper strongly urged school districts to provide in-person learning for students at a press conference Tuesday.
âItâs important schools follow the safety protocols laid out by NCDHHS,â he said. âThat guidance reinforces in-person learning while maintaining strong public health measures. Students who are ready to return to the classrooms should have that chance,â said Gov. Roy Cooper. Screenshot
âStudents should still have the option of remote learning at school if that is best for them. And teachers who are at risk should be providing that remote instruction. But students who are ready to return to the classrooms should have that chance.â
School districts are taking a cautious approach over a return to in-person instruction, as COVID-19 metrics worsen statewide.
Zimmerman, who contributed to the study, feels comfortable sending her own two kids back after doing the analysis. As a mom, I think my kids would benefit from being back in the school building. I see them every day and I see how this has affected them, said Zimmerman.
The CDC study also suggests there is little evidence of COVID-19 transmissions in schools with strict precautionary measures. However, the federal agency warns that high contact activities mask-wearing and physical distancing like wrestling aren t possible should be avoided.