Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants all New York State school districts to reopen their plans to see how they would treat an outbreak of coronavirus, similar to the one that can be seen again at the University of Notre Dame Lady in Indiana.
‘Look at it, and then look at your school opening plan and how you would make sure you don’t get into that situation. What was your test procedure? Could it have become so fast? ‘Cuomo sei.
Cuomo wants to know if plans to reopen schools could capture the spread before an outbreak could be as large as the one currently on display at Notre Dame.
“If you can not answer yes, then there is a problem,” Cuomo said.
During a conversation with reporters, Cuomo suggested that an outbreak at a K-12 school would be more problematic than an outbreak at a college.
‘Honestly, in a college it is not so bad because the student infects other students. K-12 if you have 130 students positive, it’s not 130, it’s 500, because a student would have been home and dealing with people in their immediate family, “Cuomo said.
“The basic premise is opening schools is risky and problematic,” Cuomo added.
Some more context: Notre Dame sees a spike in Covid-19 cases since students returned to campus on August 3rd. As of Tuesday, 147 students have tested positive, according to the school’s online health dashboard. There were 80 positive cases of 418 tests administered on Monday, meaning there was a 19% positivity rate.
On Tuesday, the university announced that it would engage for two weeks.
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