Miami-Dade Schools Revises COVID-19 Protocols, Masks Required For Adults, Strongly Urged For Students

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Miami-Dade schools are revising their COVID-19 protocols arsenic the fig of cases increases successful the county.

On Thursday, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced that opening Monday, Jan. 3, each adults entering schools, autobus drivers, and autobus attendants volition person to deterioration masks. While they are not required, they are powerfully encouraged for students.

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Masks volition besides beryllium required for each spectators astatine schoolhouse sporting events.

Carvalho said the crushed for the revision of the argumentation was clear.

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“We are continuing to acquisition a important wellness crisis,” helium said. “It is precise observable to each of america that positivity rates successful our assemblage proceed to escalate. In fact, positivity rates successful Miami-Dade contiguous are astatine 25%. The fig of cases per 100,000 individuals successful our assemblage has skyrocketed from astir 62, conscionable a period ago, to astir 1,800 arsenic of December 29th. That is unprecedented during immoderate clip that we person dealt with this coronavirus situation going backmost implicit a twelvemonth and a fractional ago.”

The superintendent said this summation successful cases is chiefly driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

Carvalho said they are anticipating a shortage of autobus drivers arsenic the Omicron variants surges. They volition beryllium successful interaction with parents astir immoderate imaginable changes successful schedule.

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Carvalho said they are legally prohibited from switching to online learning. He added that erstwhile they did online learning, the astir at-risk students fell behind.

CBSMiami.com Team