Parents are rushing to secure the services of tutors for the children
On Monday, Rae Burns made a decision she never imagined she would make. Over the Christmas holidays, the mother-of-three had suspected that surging rates of Covid-19 would force her children’s schools to close again.
The first lockdown was hard enough: Burns, 36, who was awaiting a hip replacement at the time, struggled with the rigmarole of supervising her three sons – aged eight, 10 and 13 – while also trying to manage her business from home.
The Brighton-based family is fairly academic (the boys’ father is a Cambridge graduate who works at Deutsche Bank), but the parents still found themselves having to brush up their own Maths skills before trying to explain it to their sons. “It was just so intense,” she recalls.
Sioux Falls to hold yearsâ first COVID-19 brief By Anson Mareus
Jan 1, 2021 4:02 PM
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) Monday, January 4, 2021, at 1:30 p.m., the city of Sioux Falls will hold its first brief of the year on COVID-19 in the city and surrounding areas.
The brief will take place at City Hall in the Commission Room.
Speakers will include Mayor Paul TenHaken, Dr. Mike Wilde, Vice President Medical Officer, Sanford University and Medical Center, Sioux Falls, and Dr. David Basel, Vice President for Clinical Quality, Avera Medical Group. They will be providing COVID-19 community response updates that include current case counts, community mitigation efforts, and a message from health care partners.
Sioux Falls to hold yearsâ first COVID-19 brief By Anson Mareus
Jan 1, 2021 4:02 PM
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) Monday, January 4, 2021, at 1:30 p.m., the city of Sioux Falls will hold its first brief of the year on COVID-19 in the city and surrounding areas.
The brief will take place at City Hall in the Commission Room.
Speakers will include Mayor Paul TenHaken, Dr. Mike Wilde, Vice President Medical Officer, Sanford University and Medical Center, Sioux Falls, and Dr. David Basel, Vice President for Clinical Quality, Avera Medical Group. They will be providing COVID-19 community response updates that include current case counts, community mitigation efforts, and a message from health care partners.
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New infections, active cases and hospitalizations related to Covid-19 have all been declining in South Dakota since hitting a peak in mid-November.
Sanford Health Chief Medical Officer Dr Mike Wilde says new drugs and treatments have helped bring those numbers down..
Wilde says being able to give vaccinations to their staff has been a visible boost..
Wilde says there is a follow up for those getting the vaccine…
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