With Gov. Greg Abbott’s statewide mask mandate ending next week, some school districts are likely to face contentious discussions about whether to continue requiring masks in schools.
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Public school teacher Kelly Mrozik holds in-person class for first graders in Wasilla, Alaska. She is required to wear a mask. Her students are not.
Texas schools will not have to change their mask policies when the state mask mandate ends March 10.
New guidance released by the Texas Education Agency Thursday leaves decisions regarding masks in the hands of local school boards.
The updated guidance gives districts the option of either continuing their existing mask policy, or changing the policy with the approval of their local board. School boards also have the option to eliminate the mask requirements entirely.
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After hitting two milestones over the past seven days in the number of vaccines administered, the state of Texas will reach another the week of March 8 in sheer number of allocated first doses.
Imelda Garcia, chair of the Texas Department of State Health Services‘ expert vaccine allocation panel, said the department expects to receive one million first doses next week. The last allocation from the federal government was just over 676,000.
Garcia said those doses will go to about 1,600 providers across the state.
Local county and health leaders discuss COVID-19 vaccine distribution heading into March Luis de Leon
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Editor s note: The statistics in this story relating to how many residents have received a COVID-19 vaccine are subject to change.
As we enter March, a third company s COVID-19 vaccine is rolling out, with Johnson & Johnson joining the fight alongside Pfizer and Moderna.
But the first day of the month still proved to be a rocky one for vaccine distribution in Central Texas.
Many on the University of Texas at Austin s campus were stuck in a line Monday after a spokesperson told KVUE a vaccine scheduling link was inappropriately shared widely through unofficial networks with false information, leading thousands of people to sign up for appointments who did not follow the UTHA [UT Health Austin] registration process.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas reported 97 more deaths Thursday from the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but state health officials say disruptions caused by this week’s winter weather are