In the third school year of the pandemic, New York City's public school system has adjusted its COVID protocols. Here's what you need to know about classroom closures, quarantines, exposures and more.
for handling COVID cases among students and teachers as Mayor Eric Adams and his administration push the city to reopen. Here’s where things stand as of March 30th:Since mask mandates have been dropped for kindergarten through 12th grade, the Department of Education now considers anyone in a classroom with a positive case to be a close contact.and instructed to take two tests in five days. Kids who aren’t displaying symptoms can continue to attend school, regardless of vaccination status.
Kids who are younger than 2 years old and enrolled in a DOE program must quarantine a full 10 days if exposed to COVID-19, but can present a negative test result to return on Day 8. These kids must be tested by a healthcare provider instead of using home tests.All fully-vaccinated DOE staff and K-12 students who have tested positive for COVID will be required toat home for five days.
Children in pre-K or younger who test positive for COVID-19 are required to quarantine for a full 10 days.The DOE has set the threshold for closing a classroom at 10 COVID cases, after previously not releasing its threshold number for closures at theMayor Eric Adams has lifted the mask mandate for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. He hason April 4th if COVID rates remain low in the city.
, which prioritizes hospitalizations and severe disease alongside cases. Based on this readout, New York City is currently at a low level of risk as of March 30, but Manhattan is approaching medium risk based on a recent uptick in cases.
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