The Superintendent of Miami-Dade Public Schools, Alberto Carvalho, referred this Friday to the new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, on returning to school amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Dijo oak that the new CDC guidelines support your request that teachers and school employees in Florida be considered among the highest priority people, to have access to the vaccine against covid-19.
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The superintendent also said that there are 47% of students in the Miami-Dade school district going to face-to-face classes, and 53% in online education from home.
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“School facilities do not have a significant contribution to the spread of covid-19 at the community level,” said Carvalho.
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The new updated CDC guide published this Friday shows ways that schools can return to face-to-face classes 100%, although they have made it clear that it is not a mandate but a procedure so that each district can follow it in their own way .
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The guide recommends that openings be made according to the severity of the outbreak in each area, displaying a color-coded table, which divides school reopening options into four zones: blue, yellow, orange and red.
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Districts with moderate or low community spread are encouraged to consider reopening for full in-person learning.
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Schools located in high-transmission areas and those most affected colored red, with more than 100 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, may consider a limited reopening.
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President Joe Biden said in a statement that opening schools is his priority, and he called on Congress to approve his aid plan as soon as possible. In this way, according to the US president, the hiring of more teachers and resources can be guaranteed, so that schools are safe.
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These are the new CDC recommendations to slow the spread of the coronavirus
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