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South Jersey schools facing both pandemic learning loss, surprise gains

A folding table and two camping chairs are always in Dr. Kirk Rickansrud s SUV.  It s an odd set of supplies for an elementary school principal  unless you re making house calls amid a pandemic.  Front Door Fridays might start awkwardly between the Kilmer Elementary School principal and the family who s bell he s just rung. The first meet-up is particularly uncomfortable if the family hadn t responded to his call, email or certified mail visit notice in advance. But in an academic year when in-person meetings are rare and human connection is needed more than ever, Rickansrud says the Friday afternoon visitations always end fun.

Covid-19 Live News: The U S Has Its Own New Worrisome Variants

Genomic sequencing can detect and track virus variants, but the United States is sequencing relatively few coronavirus test samples. Lab technicians at Duke University prepared samples for sequencing earlier this month.Credit.Pete Kiehart for The New York Times As Americans anxiously watch the spread of coronavirus variants that were first identified in Britain and South Africa, scientists are finding a number of new variants that seem to have originated in the United States and many of them may pose the same kind of extra-contagious threat. In a study posted on Sunday, a team of researchers reported seven growing lineages of the coronavirus, spotted in states across the country. All have gained a mutation at the exact same spot in their genes.

See More Than 200 New Colorado COVID-19 Outbreaks December 2020

For the fifth consecutive week, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has added more than 200 new entries to its list of outbreaks related to COVID-19, and an increasing number have tallied death tolls higher than since the early days of the pandemic. An extreme example is Windsor Healthcare, a skilled-nursing facility in Weld County. The CDPHE has confirmed sixty positive staff cases, 85 positive resident cases and seven resident deaths. The CDPHE considers an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location are confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period are paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis. The vast majority of businesses and facilities identified as outbreaks remain open while working with the department to monitor symptoms and prevent future infections.

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