State officials are emphasizing the importance of vaccines and masking as tools to maintain in-person learning. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is urging K-12 schools to promote vaccinations and booster shots for all students and staff. The department also says that indoor mask-wearing is key to keeping students in the classroom. Officials say that excluding a student or staff member from school following a COVID-19 exposure should be a last resort.
As cases of COVID-19 fueled by the Omicron variant continue to surge, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Wednesday highlighted Vermont as a national.
WEST LEBANON In part to keep the economy rolling amid the ongoing COVID-19 surge, federal and Twin State health officials have reduced the length of isolation and quarantine for people who test positive.Some Upper Valley employers, such as King.
North Carolina's revised COVID-19 rules, released Friday, mean students and staff will spend less time out of school when the virus crops up. They come as students are returning from winter break and the omicron variant sends numbers surging across the state.