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Hochul eases most COVID-19 rules in schools
Zach Williams reports in the New York Post that New York state is further relaxing COVID-19 restrictions at K-12 schools this year, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Aug. 22. Anyone who is exposed to someone who is COVID-positive does not have to isolate themselves, and entire classes won't be sent home because of one positive case. “No more quarantining — no more ‘test to stay,’” Hochul told reporters at a Manhattan press conference. “The days of sending an entire classroom home because one person was symptomatic or tested positive — those days are over." New York's new policy reflects the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recent update to its guidelines. “What that means is if a classmate tests positive for COVID and your child doesn’t have symptoms, your child can stay in school as long as they wear a mask under those circumstances. That’s what we’re recommending,” Hochul said. New York schools will also no longer test random samples among their student bodies to track infection rates. Read the full story in the New York Post.