Amid an acrid national controversy, the agency proposed detailed criteria for returning students to classrooms. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday urged that K-12 schools be reopened as soon as possible, and it offered a step-by-step plan to get students back in classrooms and to resolve a …
Read More »Covid-19 Live Updates: Florida Lifts State Restaurant Restrictions as Reopening Moves Ahead
Here’s what you need to know: Florida lifts state restrictions for restaurants and many other businesses, the governor said. The former leaders of a Massachusetts veterans’ home have been charged after 76 residents died in an outbreak. N.Y.C. warns some Orthodox Jewish areas that they could face a lockdown without …
Read More »Why Is There No Consensus About Reopening Schools?
Is it possible to reopen school buildings in the fall in a way that keeps kids, educators, staff and their families and communities safe from Covid-19? Is it possible not to do so without harming them in other ways? Already, school closures have set children behind academically. More than 20 …
Read More »Coronavirus Live Updates: Governors Make Hard Choices as Trump Pushes Reopening
Here’s what you need to know: As numbers remain dangerously high in much of the country, Washington deliberates relief. Coming up today: Senate negotiations, baseball uncertainty, teetering states. President Trump shares a video containing misinformation about hydroxychloroquine. The Venice Film Festival will return, with masks and without blockbusters. A concert …
Read More »U.S. States Backtrack on Reopening as Coronavirus Cases Climb
This briefing has ended. Click here for the latest updates. Here’s what you need to know: Some Mississippi I.C.U.s are full, while Houston is on red alert. For months, the world perilously dismissed evidence of silent spreaders. New outbreaks — and mixed messaging — leave some Americans questioning their shutdown …
Read More »Dentists Are Reopening, but Should Patients Go Back?
At Dr. Todd Bertman’s office, the receptionist wears a plastic face shield. So do the hygienist and the nine doctors in the practice in Manhattan’s East Village. Dr. Bertman reopened the office two weeks ago after closing it in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic. In another change from …
Read More »COVID-19: S’pore Will Move To Phase 2 Of Circuit Breaker Reopening On June 19
Singapore will be moving into the second phase of the circuit breaker reopening from this Friday (June 19). This announcement comes about two weeks after phase one started on June 2. “Phase 2 is a significant step in moving towards a new ‘Covid-19-safe’ normal,” said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong …
Read More »COVID-19: Chan Chun Sing On Speeding Up Economy Recovery, Reopening Of S’pore Borders
Economic uncertainty continues to be a concern for Singaporeans as we battle Covid-19. With Singapore’s economy drastically hit by Covid-19 and targeted to enter a recession this year, Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing shared his outlook for the economy in a Bloomberg interview on Wednesday (May 20). …
Read More »What To Expect from the Economy During Reopening
It’s a huge question weighing on the minds of many of us. What will happen to the economy as states start to reopen? Will we quickly return to the economic normal we enjoyed just before coronavirus? How long will that take? How will the various outcomes impact my life? Those …
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