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COVID-19: Lamont Sticking To Call For Schools To Stay Open For In-Person Learning -- For Now COVID-19: Lamont Sticking To Call For Schools To Stay Open For In-Person Learning -- For Now
Covid-19: Lamont Sticking To Call For Schools To Stay Open For In-Person Learning -- For Now Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is doubling down on his stance that schools should stay open as long as possible, calling them a safe space, despite the new spike in COVID-19 cases statewide. On the same day that Connecticut saw 2,042 new COVID-19 cases and a spike in positive infection rate near 6 percent, Lamont reiterated his stance that school buildings are among the safest places to be during the pandemic, vowing to continue in-person learning until it is unsafe to do so. The governor said that other COVID-19 restrictions put in place have been in part to help keep students and teachers in…