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Some campground owners feared 2020 might be their worst year because of COVID-19 restrictions. But for many it turned out to be their best year as people sought refuge among the trees and fresh air. And even as travel restrictions loosen and.
Experts tracked coronavirus s spread through a school of more than 1,000 students in Virginia.
They spotted dozens of cases but concluded there was no transmission linked to bus transportation .
This was despite the study being carried out between August 2020 and March this year, which covered some of the darkest days of the state s outbreak.
Researchers claimed the findings show school buses can safely operate at normal capacity even at high community Covid case loads .
Every student was asked to wear a face mask when on the bus and windows were kept open to allow ventilation.
Similar coronavirus-protecting guidance for children travelling to school is currently in place in England.
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Although in-school transmission of COVID-19 among K-12 students is low when safeguards are in place, the risk of acquiring COVID-19 during school bus transportation is unclear. A study published in the
Journal of School Health reports on the bus transport experience of an independent school in Virginia.
For the study, the school monitored 1,154 students with asymptomatic PCR testing every 2 weeks initially and later every week from August 28, 2020-March 19, 2021, during highest community transmission. Fifteen buses served 462 students while operating at near capacity of 2 students in every seat, using a physical distancing minimum of 2.5 feet, universal masking, and simple ventilation techniques.
New Hampshire s latest COVID numbers
New Hampshire health officials reported one death and 334 new positive test results for COVID-19 Saturday, giving the state 3,157 active cases of the virus and a total of 93,542.
The death of a Rockingham County woman, identified as younger than 60, increased the state s death toll to 1,282 (1.37% of all cases) with 885 associated with long-term care facilities (69% of all deaths).
Dover and Rochester had 83 active cases each as of Saturday, most in the greater Seacoast, followed by Durham (44), Somersworth (42), Portsmouth (41), Hampton (30), Exeter (28) and Barrington (25).
New Hampshire health officials on Thursday, April 22 reported the state has administered 984,000 doses and 387,000 people have been fully vaccinated (28% of the state s population). The state has not since updated those figures.