Thousands of preschoolers and academics with disabilities returned to their study rooms Monday in New York City, which has the largest public school formula in the country. It is the first wave of public school academics physically returning to the study rooms, a procedure that Mayor Bill de Blasio continually delays after the teachers’ union threatened to strike if security measures were taken. stricter were not put in position and no more staff were added. Kindergarten through eighth graders are expected to return on September 29, while middle and high schools are scheduled to reopen for in-person learning on October 1. looking to figure out how to prevent spread. He continues to lead the country with 33,934 dead. But on Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo reported that the state had an infection rate of less than 1% and that only 573 new cases, and no deaths, were reported overnight.
Missouri public fitness officials were bracing for an imaginable spike in new Covid-19 cases after thousands of cyclists rushed to the Lake Ozarks domain for a rally that began last Wednesday and ended Sunday. There was virtually no social distancing or masking at the 14th Annual Lake of the Ozarks Bike Festival. “If I was worried about getting sick, I would have stayed home,” said one MSNBC player. But there are reasons for concern. Last month, after South Dakota hosted a large motorcycle party in the city of Sturgis, the state reported thousands of new cases with many more in neighboring states. So far, a death in Minnesota has been directly linked to the rally. Adjusted for population, North Dakota and South Dakota have led the country in new infections for more than two weeks, with 568 and 405 respectively. Economists have warned that the Sturgis rally may have caused as many as 250,000 Covid-19 infections. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican and Trump ally, played down this, saying economists “made up” the figure.
Corky Siemaszko is Senior Editor at NBC News Digital.
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