New York state may move colleges with COVID-19 spikes to remote
learning: Cuomo
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[September 09, 2020]
By Nathan Layne
(Reuters) - New York will require
kindergarten through 12th grade schools to disclose the number of
students and staff testing positive for COVID-19 and may force colleges
with more than 100 cases to switch to remote learning, Governor Andrew
Cuomo said on Tuesday.
Cuomo said the regulations would provide a check on the procedures put
in place by colleges and give parents transparency about testing at
elementary through high schools.
"You have all your protocols. That's nice," Cuomo told a news
conference. "If the state sees a cluster - just like colleges, just like
workplaces, just like restaurants - we see a cluster in a school we are
going to come in, override everything."
Cuomo criticized the administration of New York University for not
preventing a large gathering of students in nearby Washington Square
Park in New York City on Saturday night, and listed several other
colleges in the state that have had spikes in COVID-19 cases.
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He said colleges must now report to the state's health department when
they have in excess of 100 cases, a threshold that would require a shift
to remote classes unless there were extenuating circumstances.
"Colleges across the country are seeing outbreaks," he said. "This is
going to be a problem."
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a daily briefing
following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in
Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., July 13, 2020.
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Cuomo, a Democrat, also accused Republican President Donald Trump of
"trying to kill New York City" by not approving infrastructure
projects and not advocating for federal aid to states to deal with
the economic fallout from the pandemic.
Earlier on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said
Republican leaders will introduce a proposal for additional
coronavirus relief on Tuesday. The proposal is expected to have a
far smaller scope than the $3 trillion bill passed in the
Democratic-led House of Representatives in May. [nL1N2G50O4]
Cuomo said the president and the Senate would court economic
disaster if they did not approve federal aid to states.
"If they don't provide a response the national economy will suffer
for years," he said.
(Reporting by Nathan Layne in Wilton, Connecticut; Editing by Chris
Reese and Bill Berkrot)
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