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Chelsea Public Schools, UMass Boston Bringing Back Mask Mandates
UMass Boston and Chelsea Public Schools both announced they are bringing back indoor mask mandates, effective Monday, Jan. 9, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated Suffolk County as “high risk” for COVID-19 transmission.
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Chelsea Public Schools, UMass Boston Implementing Mask Mandates Monday
Students who attend public schools in Chelsea, Massachusetts, will be required to wear masks indoors starting Monday, just days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated Suffolk County as “high risk” for COVID-19 transmission.
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Should Boston Schools Bring Back Masks? Here's What Infectious Disease Experts Say
Infectious disease experts are split on whether Boston Public Schools should bring back a mask mandate after the holiday break as COVID-19 metrics continue to rise. Officials are considering a temporary mask mandate in an attempt to avoid repeating last year’s staffing issues and student absenteeism related to a surge in cases. In a letter sent to families, officials...
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COVID Q&A: Cases Rising Amid New Dominant Variant
Top Boston doctors talk about rising COVID wastewater levels, the newly dominant XBB variant and whether Boston Public Schools should implement a temporary mask mandate during NBC10 Boston’s weekly “COVID Q&A” series.
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Boston Parents Seek Return of Masks, COVID Testing Amid Increase in School Absences
As schools deal with absences due to illnesses including COVID-19 and the flu, some parents want Boston Public Schools to bring back mask mandates in the classroom. “Today, this morning, my daughter tested positive for COVID,” Sulieka Soto said. Soto is worried about her daughter. When students return to class in January, she and other parents want facial coverings and…
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Parents Call for Boston Public Schools to Bring Back COVID Policies
With schools being hit hard by respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19 and the flu, Boston parents want safety measures like facial coverings and testing to return when kids go back to school in January.
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Doctors Debate Study That Found Masks in Boston-Area Schools Cut COVID Rates
A new study that found masks cut the spread of COVID-19 in Boston-area schools is providing new data for the pandemic-long debate about school mask mandates. The study, published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine, examines what happened when school districts in Boston and Chelsea kept their mask mandates for 15 weeks after Massachusetts dropped the requirement…
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COVID Q&A: Top Boston Doctors Talk School Masking Study, Flu and RSV
Top Boston doctors debate whether students should mask up after a study found that mandates cut COVID cases in Boston-Area schools, plus talk about flu and RSV during NBC10 Boston’s weekly “COVID Q&A” series.