Tuesday marked the first day of a staggered entry for students of Canada’s largest school board. As Caryn Lieberman reports, there was excitement and nervousness for both students and their parents amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Coronavirus: Ontario pharmacies begin COVID-19 testing

A number of Ontario pharmacies will now be offering COVID-19 testing but it is not available to just anyone. Caryn Lieberman explains.

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TDSB virtual school delays will continue through to next week

While the TDSB scrambles to hire more teachers to meet the demand for its elementary virtual school, parents continue to struggle to manage their own work as well as their children’s learning. TDSB officials say they expect to have all teachers hired and remaining classrooms up and running by mid-to-late next week.

Arlington Public Schools To Return Students With Disabilities To Classrooms For In-Person Learning Next Month.

Washington Post (9/24, Natanson) reports, “Arlington Public Schools will return a select group of students to classrooms for in-person learning starting next month, following similar decisions this week by other major public school systems in Northern Virginia.” Arlington “will allow about 300 students with disabilities to begin learning in school buildings four days a week – Tuesday through Friday – in ‘mid to late October.’”

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Coronavirus: Toronto Public Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at elementary school

Toronto Public Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a North York elementary school after officials say two students tested positive for coronavirus.Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medical officer of health, announced the outbreak was declared on Friday at Glen Park Public School on Englemount Avenue, near Allen Road and Lawrence Avenue West.“One of the realities of living in a world with COVID-19 is that there will be cases in schools.

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Sports to resume for Archdiocese of Philadelphia high schools

PHILADELPHIA - The Archdiocese of Philadelphia says all 17 high schools can start playing sports and competing again.The news comes a month after they initially said high schools would opt out of the entire fall season. The Archdiocese says all athletes will have to adhere to strict health and safety guidelines.“Since the late August announcement, our school administrators have worked closely with senior leadership from the Office of Catholic Education and Faith in the Future to meticulously study pandemic metrics, guidelines, and school COVID profiles as part of our continuous assessment process.

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COVID-19 testing could begin at pharmacies in Kitchener-Waterloo next week

COVID-19 testing as early as next week.He said that Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge as well as nearby Brantford, Stratford and Woodstock could see testing begin as early as Tuesday.

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Coronavirus testing to begin at select London, Ont., pharmacies as early as Sept. 29

Coronavirus testing will be offered at select pharmacies in London, Ont., as of early next week, Premier Doug Ford announced on Friday.It’s not clear yet which pharmacies in the city will begin offering the testing, which is expected to start as early as Tuesday. In a statement, London Mayor Ed Holder said the city would share that information as soon as it was revealed, and that more locations would “soon be added throughout the city.”Ford also announced that testing was set to begin at pharmacies in Brantford, Brights Grove, Cambridge, Chatham, Kitchener-Waterloo, Niagara Falls, Sarnia, St.

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Edmonton to begin dismantling shared streets installed to encourage physical distancing

physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.Temporary shared streets were introduced in several areas around the city in April and May. They were set up particularly in high-density neighbourhoods as a way for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists to share the roads and safely spread out as more people got outside over the spring and summer months.

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Orange County elementary school teacher dies

ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orange County elementary teacher died Thursday, according to school officials.In a message sent to parents Friday, officials said Digneris Cirilo-Vego, a second grade LaunchED@Home teacher at Oak Hill Elementary School in Orlando, passed away.Cirilo-Vego’s cause of death has not been released.“Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends as they go through this very difficult time,” the school principal said.The message urged parents and guardians to openly discuss emotions and feelings with students affected by the teacher’s death.Grief counselors will be available at the school and online to support students and staff, officials said.

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Canada schools debate removing common cold symptoms from coronavirus checklist

COVID-19 test and was symptom-free.The local testing center was overrun, so Boutilier drove his son miles out of the city to a small town for the test. They waited for four days for the result, which came back negative.By then, his son, who suffers seasonal allergies, had been symptom free for days and missed nearly a week of school.“If you’re going to send them home and have them get COVID tested for every runny nose and every sniffle then you’re never going to have any kids in school,” Boutilier said.

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Marion County Schools release video to address etiquette for virtual learning

MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Marion County school officials addressed virtual etiquette through an online video.On Monday, the district released a video directed at Marion County families and guardians about correct online behavior plus disruptions they have been combating this school year.Kevin Christian with Marion County Public Schools said it took roughly 10 days to put together a “Netiquette” video to serve as a model of appropriate online behavior.“The code of conduct applies to any kind of school experience, it doesn’t matter if you are in the physical classroom, on the school bus, on the football field or in an online classroom,” Christian said.Christian said the video was developed after teachers district-wide raised concerns about

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RHSAA allowing extra-curricular athletics only within individual schools

sports within their own schools.The decision was made after considering options, “especially in light of ministry and health authority COVID guidelines and student and staff safety,” read a press release on Thursday.

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Vancouver Coastal Health defends position on disclosing COVID-19 cases in schools

Confusion and criticism as to why some COVID-19 school exposures are being posted – and why others are not. Vancouver ‘s top doctor defending their position to report cases on a need to know basis.

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School District of Philadelphia officials confident in plan to begin hybrid learning in November

PHILADELPHIA - Officials with the School District of Philadelphia say they are sticking to their plan to reopen in-person learning in schools in a hybrid method planned for later this year.“We’ve said that we will phase in. We’ll do a phase in approach and begin no earlier than Nov.

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Vancouver Coastal Health chief says not all COVID-19 exposures in schools will be made public

COVID-19 exposures in the region’s schools.Speaking to 980 CKNW’s Simi Sara Thursday morning, chief medical health officer Dr. Patricia Daly said VCH will notify the public of COVID-19 exposures when necessary, adding that privacy must be maintained because of the stigma around individuals who contract the coronavirus.“The expectation is that health authorities and medical health officers will assess cases in school and post as appropriate and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” she said.

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Dr Alex George to ‘bring mental health awareness to schools’ after brother’s tragic death

Dr Alex George has revealed that he is determined to bring about a change in mental health awareness across the UK following his younger brother’s tragic death.

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Doug Ford says pharmacies will begin COVID-19 testing in southwestern Ontario but does not say when

Mayor Ed Holder appeals to province over dire need for expanded COVID-19 testing Residents have also complained of week-long waits to book an appointment at one of the testing centres.3yo w stuffy nose. Day 2 sent away for test.

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Assange 'binge-watched' suicide of ex-Bosnian Croat general

LONDON – Julian Assange relayed how he “binge-watched” the suicide of the former Bosnian Croat general in a U.N. courtroom three years ago, a doctor who visited the WikiLeaks founder on several occasions while he was in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London told an extradition hearing Thursday.

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UN official: Bosnia authorities expose migrants to suffering

SARAJEVO – SARAJEVO, Bosnia-With harsh weather fast approaching, the number of migrants and refugees who are sleeping rough in Bosnia keeps rising because of the persistent refusal by authorities at different levels of government in the country to coordinate their work and embrace “rational” solutions, a U.N. migration official said Thursday.Peter Van der Auweraert, the Western Balkans coordinator and Bosnia representative of the International Organization for Migration, told The Associated Press that instead of helping the U.N.

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Man Utd set to post staggering financial losses due to coronavirus crisis

Manchester United could be braced for a loss of £100million by the end of the year as a result of the financial impact following the coronavirus crisis.

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Durga Puja pandals to be open from all sides, hand sanitisers at entry points: Mamata issues Covid guidelines

₹50,000 to each Durga puja committee of the state, Mamata announced in a press conference.The state will provide ₹2,000 to hawkers for Durga Puja. For this, a list of 75,000 hawkers prepared, Mamata added.On Wednesday, a government official said that state has made adequate provision to meet the power demand in the metropolis and districts during the festive days."We are making a provision of five per cent excess demand for power this Durga Puja than the previous year.

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Brevard elementary school campus closes after positive COVID-19 cases

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Brevard Public Schools announced Enterprise Elementary School in Cocoa will be closed for the rest of the week due to positive cases of coronavirus.All students who are participating in face-to-face learning will switch to eLearning on Thursday and Friday, according to the district.The district said families of students are being notified on Wednesday and parents should not have their child attend school on campus on Thursday and Friday.School officials said the closure impacts all school programming including bus service and after school care.BPS said meal packets will still be available for pickup at the car loop between 10 a.m.

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Carole Baskin of ‘Tiger King’ fame sued for defamation

ORLANDO, Fla. – Carole Baskin, who became a pop culture sensation due to Netflix’s docuseries “Tiger King,” is being sued for defamation by a former assistant. As part of the lawsuit, the daughters of Baskin’s former husband are seeking more information about what happened to their father, who disappeared mysteriously more than two decades ago.The amended complaint to an earlier lawsuit was filed Tuesday in state court in Tampa by Don Lewis' three daughters, Donna Pettis, Lynda Sanchez and Gale Rathbone, as well as his former assistant, Anne McQueen.

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A fifth of Greater Manchester schools have been hit by Covid cases - 250 schools and thousands of pupils isolating

Manchester Evening News brings the total to 247. While some of those affected have now returned to class, we have not been alerted to every bubble closure, so the true figure is expected to be even higher.

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Council chiefs defend not revealing schools linked to covid case following backlash from parents

case.” They added: “We take very seriously our duty to be open and transparent where there may be a risk to pupils – but equally we have a duty not to create concern and provide reassurance that our schools are safe to remain open and good hygiene practice is being followed.”The Express reported on Saturday that 17 schools in Renfrewshire have been linked to a positive Covid-19 case.The figure, which accounts for almost one third of the entire school estate, was revealed in Renfrewshire Council papers, which also revealed there had been 28 confirmed covid cases across the 17 venues.A total of 352 children had been asked to self isolate since the schools returned on August 15.Since Saturday, St James’ Primary in Paisley and Renfrew High

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Group raising $50,000 to send science kits to schools in South America, Caribbean

ORLANDO, Fla. – A group of passionate science communicators from around the world are working to bring science supplies to students in South America and the Caribbean and one of the group members plans to fly down the supplies once it’s all said and done.Passage was founded by a growing group of young and veteran leaders in science, with the goal of supplying more than 20,000 pre-kindergarten to high school-age children with the tools to help them learn about science, technology, engineering and math fields.“It’s for kids and students who, you know, maybe are in high school who are going to be going into college to get into STEM degrees, or just starting off who looked at Bob and Doug go to space and said, I want to be an astronaut,”

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Coronavirus: Education minister says Ontario to review COVID-19 symptoms list for schools

education minister says he is considering shortening the list of COVID-19 symptoms that require kids to stay home from school.Stephen Lecce says he is working with the province’s medical officials to consider possible changes to the list. Coronavirus: TDSB turning to supply teachers as it rushes to hire for online classes British Columbia shortened its list earlier this week by removing 10 symptoms, prompting Ontario to review the data behind that decision.Officials in B.C.

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The Latest: Bosnia asks COVID-19 vaccine be available to all

TANZANIA – The Latest from the U.N. General Assembly (all times EDT):9 a.m.

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Tokyo Olympics CEO suggests relaxed entry rules for athletes

TOKYO – Tokyo Olympics officials are proposing that the government relax immigration regulations to allow athletes to enter the country before next year's postponed games and train during a 14-day quarantine period, Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the organizing committee said on Wednesday.“We have to consider the uniqueness of the athletes and also their activities," Muto said, speaking in Japanese following a meeting of a task force considering countermeasures against the COVID-19 pandemic.The International Olympic Committee, Tokyo city and national government officials, and members of the organizing committee are holding virtual meetings on Thursday and Friday focused on finding ways to hold the delayed Olympics during a pandemic.The organizing

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Coronavirus cases found at four schools and nurseries in Stirling and Falkirk

Forth Valley schools and nurseries. Contact tracing is taking place at Maddison Nursery and St Francis Xavier’s Primary in Falkirk and at Riverside Primary School and St Modan’s High School in Stirling.

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16,000 Orange County students switch to in-person learning. Here’s what that means for teaches, schools

ORLANDO, Fla. – Orange County Public Schools Superintendent Dr.

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Over 800 COVID-19 tests conducted in Saskatchewan schools last week: SHA

novel coronavirus in Saskatchewan schools last week, according to the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA).The tests were voluntary and performed in schools in Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert.

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Closed California Schools Must Provide In-Person Services To Some Students With Disabilities, Experts Say.

Disability Scoop (9/22, Taketa) reports some San Diego parents and advocates are arguing “students with disabilities need in-person services” more than any other group of students struggling with distance learning.

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Winnipeg schools return to some sense of normalcy, despite COVID-19 obstacles

COVID-19 pandemic, students and staff are starting to relax and slip into their routines.“We actually had our first case in one of our schools and attendance was a bit down today, but public health has said that the risk is low, and things are moving back to normal,” said O’Leary.“Our attendance has been around 90 per cent.

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Coronavirus: Ontario hires more than 500 public health nurses to help out in schools

Ontario’s Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott said Tuesday the government has hired more than 500 public health nurses to be deployed in schools, in order to assess students for symptoms of COVID-19 and determine if they need testing.

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Washington Township students to begin hybrid learning Thursday after gathering prompted delay

High school students will continue virtual learning Monday as the Washington Township High School addresses concerns surrounding a student party.

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900 schools could have sent home pupils over coronavirus - this could mean more than a million students

here“If schools are to remain open during this second wave, tests need to be readily available for everyone so that those who get negative results can get back into school quickly.”The DfE statistics, based on responses from 76 per cent of state schools, suggest that hardly any schools have completely closed with 99 per cent of state schools recorded as open on September 17.

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High school students at Catholic schools in Simcoe, Muskoka no longer allowed to leave for lunch

Coronavirus case reported at Father F.X. O’Reilly Catholic School in Tottenham, Ont.

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Coronavirus cases reported at 3 Saskatoon and area schools

coronavirus cases have been reported at three public schools in Saskatoon and area.Two of the cases are at Saskatoon Public Schools.The school board said it was informed Monday afternoon by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) of the positive cases. A list of potential COVID-19 exposures in Saskatchewan for the past two weeks One is at Colette Bourgonje School and the other case is at James L.

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Coronavirus outbreaks see number of partially closed schools quadruple in a week

The number of schools partially shut due to coronavirus outbreaks quadrupled in seven days to one out of every 20.

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Public Health Screening to Begin at 3 U.S. Airports for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (“2019-nCoV”)

Media Relations (404) 639-3286The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will implement enhanced health screenings to detect ill travelers traveling to the United States on direct or connecting flights from Wuhan, China. This activity is in response to an outbreak in China caused by a novel (new) coronavirus (2019 nCoV), with exported cases to Thailand and Japan.Starting January 17, 2020, travelers from Wuhan to the United States will undergo entry screening for symptoms associated with 2019-nCoV at three U.S.

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Plans to create new schools in Ravenscraig move forward despite pandemic

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Ambitious plans to create two new primary schools and nursery classes in Ravenscraig are moving forward following an earlier pause on consultation events after the Covid-19 outbreak.North Lanarkshire Council is working on plans to create one new denominational school and one non-denominational building to go hand-in-hand with the huge housing development at the Ravenscraig site.The schools would be built on a campus close to the Ravenscraig Sports Facility and New College Lanarkshire.Around 3,000 homes are expected to be built on the 1,200 acre Ravenscraig site, which will place a huge demand for pupil places on schools in surrounding areas.The

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Orange County Schools to feature quarantine numbers on dashboard

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Due to the ongoing pandemic, some Central Florida school districts unveiled online COVID-19 dashboards to track positive novel coronavirus cases and to allow users to filter infections among students and staff.During Monday’s Orange County news briefing Dr. Raul Pino with the Florida Department of Health challenged speculation there is a high infection rate in schools due to COVID-19“People could argue that there is a high number of individuals in quarantine an isolation I would like people to remember we have a student population of over 200,000,” Dr.

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Alberta has 19 schools with COVID-19 outbreaks, 2 more likely in-school transmissions

Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, announces two additional schools where COVID-19 transmission likely occurred.

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Province makes pandemic funding available to Manitoba schools

COVID-19 pandemic, the province said Monday.“Our government is providing Manitoba schools with the financial resources they need to support their students and staff,” said Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen.“Meeting the recommended health provisions requires financial support and we are ensuring that support is available to schools.“We know that teachers, students and staff are adjusting to a different and sometimes difficult school environment and Manitobans are grateful for all of their efforts.” Winnipeg schools ready for start of strangest school year in recent memory Goertzen said school divisions have been informed about the amount of per-pupil money they’ll be able to access from the fund, which consists of $52 million in one-time

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Ottawa reports 60 COVID-19 cases as elementary school closes due to outbreak

COVID-19 cases in Ottawa continues to surge as the city saw its first elementary school close due to an outbreak of the novel coronavirus.Ottawa reported 60 new cases of the virus on Monday, according to Ontario’s COVID-19 database.The provincial system also shows two new deaths related to COVID-19 in Ottawa.Ottawa Public Health (OPH) will release its more fulsome daily report on the virus later this afternoon.Meanwhile, an elementary school in the Ottawa Catholic District School Board is closed for two weeks after two students and two staff tested positive for the virus.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]OPH officially declared a coronavirus outbreak at Monsignor Paul Baxter in Barrhaven as of Sept.

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Update on Catholic schools during COVID-19 pandemic

Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools News Board Chair Diane Boyko joins us to discuss the first two weeks of classes since the COVID-19 pandemic, and some of the lessons they’ve learned.

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Quebec City elementary school shutters for two weeks due to coronavirus outbreak

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Roberge said the province’s emergency protocol will be enacted, which means the school will soon move to online learning during the duration of the closure.“Despite this worrying situation that we are monitoring closely, I want to reassure the students, their parents, and the staff: our schools remain safe places,” he wrote on Twitter.“However, we must redouble our vigilance to slow the progression of the virus.”The announcement came shortly after the province announced the alert level for Quebec City had been raised to orange amid a growing number of cases.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

TDSB elementary schools begin staggered entry

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