â Brazil begins mass vaccine study in poor Rio neighborhood
â Israel to offer 3rd Pfizer booster shot to older citizens
â Global leaders pledges $4B to repair COVID-19 education damage
â Conservative 31-year-old Missouri man in hospital: Will get vaccine
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. â Arkansasâ Republican governor is calling lawmakers back to the Capitol to lift the stateâs ban on mask requirements in public schools.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday said heâll call the majority-Republican Legislature into session likely next week to amend a state law that prohibits state and local government entities from requiring face masks. Hutchinson said heâll propose giving local school boards the power to decide whether to require masks in K-12 schools.
Governor Kate Brown directs state agencies to align K-12 mask guidance with CDC recommendations to prevent disruptions to return to in-person instruction
Governor Kate Brown today directed the Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Education to create a rule to require masks indoors for K-12 schools statewide for the 2021-22 school year, in line with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recently updated guidance, and based on the latest science on the spread of the Delta variant.
“The science and data are clear: the Delta variant is in our communities, and it is more contagious,” said Governor Brown. “My priority is to ensure our kids are able to safely return to full-time in-person learning this fall, five days per week and with minimal disruptions. With many children still ineligible to be vaccinated, masks are an effective way to help keep our kids safe in the classroom, the learning environment we know serves them best.
â Brazil begins mass vaccine study in poor Rio neighborhood
â Israel to offer 3rd Pfizer booster shot to older citizens
â Global leaders pledges $4B to repair COVID-19 education damage
â Conservative 31-year-old Missouri man in hospital: Will get vaccine
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. â West Virginia will begin offering some fully vaccinated people free tests to measure antibody levels against the coronavirus, a move to study whether some elderly and immunocompromised individuals should receive a third booster shot.
State officials said they are following the lead of Israel, which announced Thursday that the country would offer a third COVID-19 booster shot for fully vaccinated people over the age of 60.
In response to the Delta variant’s rampant spread, the Oregon Health Authority this week recommended universal mask use in public, indoor settings. Thursday, Governor Kate Brown directed the Department of Education to create a rule to require masks for all K -12 schools.
Schools still undecided about classroom masking policies had the rules made for them with Governor Brown s announcement. Masks will be required indoors in K-12 schools.
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Eugene’s Bethel School District was undecided about whether or not to require masks when classes start in September. On Wednesday, spokesperson Alisha Dodds said they’ve been consulting with Bethel nursing staff and state and local health officials.
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