VDH releases new guidance on reopening PreK-12 schools
VDH releases new guidance on reopening PreK-12 schools By NBC12 Newsroom | January 14, 2021 at 5:06 PM EST - Updated January 14 at 11:32 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - The Virginia Department of Health has released new guidance for divisions to follow when reopening PreK-12 schools.
When the pandemic first began, many schools around the country, including here in Virginia, closed down as a mitigation effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 since not much was known about the virus.
“We will get back to in-person learning everywhere. The question is when will we have completed the actions to make in-person learning safe?” Virginia Education Association president James Fedderman said. “We need to get all of our educators vaccinated and put in the necessary process for social distancing, PPE, reporting of cases, and so on.”
The Virginia Department of Health s main sources for translating critical COVID-19 and vaccine information are three marketing agencies that don t list translation services on their websites and Google Translate, whose
The new recommendations, paired with CDC guidance, are supposed to help local schools make adjustable decisions for the changing environment they're experiencing.
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RICHMOND â In the last few weeks of a harrowing year, Virginiaâs vaccination campaign was met with a gaping mismatch of supply and demand, fluctuating federal estimates and inconsistent messaging that left it trailing behind the majority of states. For now, its troubled rollout doesnât reflect the optimistic mass mobilization imagined by state officials.
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(Updated at 3:45 p.m.) Vaccine distribution in Virginia started three weeks ago, and in Arlington County, the focus remains on healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities.
Officials say widespread distribution is still months away.
“We certainly share the enthusiasm about the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine in Virginia, and we appreciate everyone’s patience during this initial rollout,” Ryan Hudson, the acting public information officer for the Arlington County Public Health Division, told ARLnow in an email.
“As quantities are limited, [the vaccine] may not be widely available to the general public until at least mid-2021,” he said.