Massachusetts: Schools 'very safe' despite COVID-19 surge
April 3, 2021
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People arrive at a Boston Public Schools vaccination clinic, Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Boston. The location was the first of two planned Boston Public Schools COVID-19 vaccination clinics designated for BPS educators, bus drivers, bus monitors, as well as BPS employees and contractors. Steven Senne/AP
BOSTON (AP) — The number of COVID-19 infections in Massachusetts schools is growing but a school official insists that schools are “very safe.”
A report shows 801 new coronavirus cases among students and 244 among school staffers for the week that ended Wednesday. Combined, that's the largest number this academic year, and it comes just days before elementary schools return to full-time, in-person learning on Monday.