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Covid-
19: Schools Can Safely Reopen If Proper Precautions Are Taken, CDC Says, Citing Research
Children can safely return to classrooms in most communities throughout the nation if proper safety measures are taken amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) announced, saying evidence indicates that in-person instruction can be held safely as long as social distancing and mask-wearing protocols are in place. At the same, local officials should limit indoor dining, bars, and poorly ventilated gyms in order to keep infection rates low in the community at large, the CDC researchers wrote in a report published on Tuesday, Jan. 26 in the journal JAMA. …
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Top 10: Massachusetts Places With The Most and Least
Covid-
19 Clusters
In Massachusetts, home is the most likely place where COVID-19 will cluster. According to state data tracking COVID-19 clusters, there are by far more new clusters in Massachusetts residences than anywhere else in the state. As of Dec. 31, there were almost 20,000 new at-home COVID-19 clusters. A COVID-19 cluster is when two or more people, who have connections in time and place, catch COVID-19 within a 14-day period. The period for which the data was collected is Nov. 29-Dec. 26, 2020. The next Massachusetts place with the most new COVID-19 clusters are childcare settings - there are curr…