Covid-19 lockdown restrictions lifted in Sydney after 106 days

New South Wales has recorded 496 new cases on Monday, wherein more than 70% of the adult population is vaccinated.

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• Sydney removes lockdown restrictions after a period of four months
• 496 new cases were found in New South Wales on M...

FLORIDA ENTERS PHASE 3 OF COVID-19 REOPENING

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• This executive order issued by Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis related to the phase 3 of coronavirus reopening permits all businesses to reopen from immediate effect but also curbs powers with local governments

• It also states that the restaurants, inc...

FRESH GUIDELINES BY CDC FOR SCHOOL REOPENING

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• On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released fresh guidelines for schools expecting to start in-per...

DELAYED REOPENING OF SCHOOLS IN THE NEW YORK CITY

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• The New York City has postponed the in-person learning amid major staffing shortage.
• This was done right three days prior to the largest school system of the country was all set to bring back their students.
• All schools that ser...

GRADUAL IN-PERSON LEARNING GETS SUPPORT FROM TEACHERS AND PARENTS

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• Online surveys done from August 26 – September 6, reached over 1,000 parents of students and over 800 teachers.
• They cited great concern for safety of student and staff as the most important reason for favoring a slow approach.
...

HONG KONG MARKETS REOPEN AFTER TWO MONTHS OF LOCKDOWN

HIGHLIGHTS

• Hong Kong is back after two months of closing down due to the third wave of coronavirus as the city saw a surge in several cases. Tuesday was the first day since early July that the city announced zero local cases.

Soon bars, swimmin...

TEACHERS BECOME VULNERABLE WITH THE DEATH OF A COLLEAGUE FROM COVID-19 INFECTION

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• A third-grade teacher of a school in South Carolina who died recently of COVID-19.
• Demetria Bannister was diagnosed with COVID-19, Right after a week she spent a day in Columbia school for teacher professional development.
• ...

CALIFORNIA ADOPTS NEW REOPENING FRAMEWORK BASED ON A FOUR-TIERED APPROACH

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• Positivity rate and case rate will be determining factors
• The non-essential indoor businesses can return based on the area’s corona virus spread  

California announced a new framework for individual countie...

TRUMP’S SCHOOLS REOPENING PLAN WILL POSSIBLY BE A FAILURE AFTER JUDGE’S ORDER

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• A judge passed order that a Florida law which requires schools to reopen for in-person instruction is unconstitutional.
• Charles Dodson, the judge of Leon County Circuit Court said that the order is unconstitutional up to the extent th...

TEACHERS PREFER STRIKES OVER UNSAFE SCHOOLS REOPENING

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• Teachers, students, parents and other school staff have expressed concerns over schools reopening amid lack of basic facilities.
• The concerns appear because 1.1 million children of the country's biggest school district are gearing up f...

DR. ROBERT REDFIELD SUGGESTS A STUDY TO GUIDE ON THE SAFE REOPENING OF CHILD-CARE CENTERS

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• The study looked at corona virus infections in the child-care centers in Rhode Island
• It was for the period between June 1 and June 31

The school reopening has been quite a concern recently in the US. Discussing the same, ...

ANDREW CUOMO: LOW-RISK CULTURAL ARTS AND ACTIVITIES CAN REOPEN IN NEW YORK CITY SOON

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• It will all be operated at reduced capacity
• Masks shall be worn essentially

On Friday, Andrew Cuomo said that from August 24, low-risk cultural activities and art centers can open in New York City. It includes aquariums, m...

NEW YORK TO OPEN; WILL ALLOW ALL BUSINESSES TO OPEN SLOWLY

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•          Businesses to operate in partial capacity’

•          Restrictions shall be in place

 New York has fought its way out of being an epi...

IN-PERSON REOPENING OF SCHOOLS PROTESTED AGAINST BY TEACHERS UNION IN CHICAGO

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•        Teachers are not ready for in-person classes especially after the recent disasters

•        The teachers union has demanded that all classes be online only until a solution for...

SCHOOLS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE COVID RELIEF BILL

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• Executive orders were signed by President Donald Trump aiming at providing much required economic relief to the educational institutions.
• This step embowelled some high-level...

ANDREW CUOMO: ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE AUTHORIZED TO REOPEN

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• 749 districts have to submit plans to the New York State Department of Health
• It will be on how they plan to keep children and staff safe

On Friday New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo made an announcement. The announcement stated t...

TRUMP EMPHASISES ON REOPENING SCHOOLS AS CHILDREN ARE IMMUNE TO COVID

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•     Trump says children virtually immune to covid-19’

•     Schools not ready to reopen

Even as the US reports 1000 deaths due to coronavirus on a daily basis, Trump is pushing for school opening. ...

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: STATES SHALL CONSIDER REOPENING

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• The cases in Texas and Florida are heading down
• In Arizona, they are heading substantially down 

On Monday, President Donald Trump said that states should begin reopening their businesses. It is because the corona vir...

MASSACHUSETTS – SCHOOLS TO PREPARE THEMSELVES IN 10 DAYS FOR THE UPCOMING REOPENING

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• State’s schools have been given ten days to get themselves prepare for the upcoming reopening.
• The number of days will be reduced to 170 from 180.
• The deadline provided is Sept. 16 and those who are not able meet this dead...

GOV. GREG ABBOTT: TEXAS HAS NOT YET CONQUERED THE CORONAVIRUS

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• It was one of the first states to reopen its economy toward the beginning of May
• It rolled back some of it later after coronavirus cases surged 

On Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott said that Texas has not yet conquered the c...