2023-08-26 16:38:00
Several schools in Kentucky and Texas remained closed this week. Covid-19, as well as other viruses, are the cause.
The start of the school year is disrupted by the Covid-19 in several American states According to >establishments have been forced to close their doors in recent days due to a high number of cases of coronavirus but also because of other viruses, such as the flu.
All classes scheduled to take place Tuesday and Wednesday at schools in the Lee County, Ky., district have been canceled. On Thursday and Friday, the students had to follow the lessons remotely.
“We see that there are many sick people with symptoms consistent with Covid-19 and the flu,” Scott Lockard, public health director for the Kentucky River District, which includes Kentucky County, told >. Lee. “Lee County has seen an increase in the number of cases and the percentage of students in attendance has fallen below the minimum threshold.”
According to NBC Newsonly 81% of students were in class Monday at county schools, and 14 staff members were absent.
Texas schools closed for a week
A comparable scenario unfolded in another Kentucky county, Magoffin, where establishments also remained closed Thursday and Friday. Closures once more linked to Covid-19 or cases of angina.
Magoffin County Public Health Director Pete Shepherd said regarding 40 cases had been identified by doctors the first two days of the week. The majority of them concerned children.
“The good news is that the symptoms are not very severe,” said Pete Shepherd.
School closures are not limited to Kentucky. In a letter, the Runge Independent School District in Texas told parents that schools would close from Aug. 22 to Aug. 29 due to the high number of coronavirus cases. Earlier this week, 10 of Runge Independent’s 43 school staff had tested positive for Covid-19, indicates USA Today.
Nationwide, 12,600 people were admitted to hospital between August 5 and 12, according to the latest data from Centers for Disease Prevention and Control. Although it is up for the fifth week in a row, this figure remains one of the lowest observed in three years in the United States.
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