But Gov. Ron DeSantis has not changed his tune on schools reopening, with in-person instruction.
during that time period. The latest data shows 303 youth hospitalizations, up 23% from July 16. About one-third of those cases are in children 14-17 years old, followed by 67 cases among children younger under one.’s administration continues to promote that the disease has a negligible effect on school-aged children.
The overall rate of positive cases among youth in Florida is 14.4%, the state health department said Sunday. The World Health Organization hasthat governments track 14 consecutive days of a positivity rate below 5% before easing any virus-related restrictions. But DeSantis is continuing to strongly urge all Florida school districts to resume in-person instruction in August. The state’s education commissioner, DeSantis-appointee Richard Corcoran, earlier this month signed an order requiring school districts to offer the option of a traditional, five-day-a-week, on-campus schedule. The order leaves room for local health officials to override it.
“It is often asked whether it is safe to return kids to school. It should also be asked, how safe is it to keep schools closed?” DeSantis said inlast week, citing academic and social impacts on children who participate in distance learning. Florida is in the midst of one of the nation’s worst coronavirus outbreaks in the country. In the past week, it’s tallied more
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