CDC Recommends Schools Closed for 8 Weeks, Warns Against Travel Within the US. New Jersey Under A Curfew

CDC: School closures of 8 weeks or more may be needed

(CNN) Closing schools for eight weeks or more may have a greater impact on mitigating the spread of the novel coronavirus than two- to four-week closures, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said.

Shorter-term closures will likely make little difference in the spread of the disease, new CDC guidance states, even as K-12 school districts across the country began announcing school closures within the shorter time frame.

Closing schools also comes with its own setbacks, namely a potentially negative impact on academic outcomes, which the CDC also acknowledged in its updated guidelines.

Fox News: CDC warns against travel within the US

NEW JERSEY UNDER a CURFEW!!! 10:00PM to 5:00AM

Steve Lookner
@lookner
BREAKING: Hoboken, New Jersey has instituted a 10pm-5am city-wide curfew, and has closed all restaurants and bars. (Restaurants will be allowed to deliver & fulfill takeout orders but not to serve on premises.)

h/t
@Baldrobmusic

BREAKING: Hoboken, New Jersey has instituted a 10pm-5am city-wide curfew, and has closed all restaurants and bars. (Restaurants will be allowed to deliver & fulfill takeout orders but not to serve on premises.)

h/t @Baldrobmusic t.co/K0X0883Cj7

— Steve Lookner (@lookner) March 15, 2020

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Erie County Department of Health epidemiologists “are working to identify the close contacts of these individuals and to place those close contacts in mandatory quarantine to monitor for COVID-19 symptoms,” the Erie County Health Department said in a statement issued Saturday night.

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