Schools, childcare centers and camps should not reopen — according to new CDC guidelines — unless they are able to implement coronavirus screening protocols to evaluate employees and children daily for symptoms and potential past exposures.
The flowchart-like documents released by the CDC also ask businesses, schools and workplaces to first and foremost consider whether adherence with the agency's reopening guidelines is consistent with state and local stay-at-home orders.to determine the most appropriate actions while adjusting to meet the unique needs and circumstances of the local community," the documents say.
Compliance with the CDC direction will depend on whether states adopt the decision tools into their own local policies — and whether the Trump administration supports and promotes the agency's guidelines. Last week, The Associated Press obtained an earlier draft of the CDC decision tool documents, which at that time also contained guidance for faith communities. The AP also reported that earlier version would have stipulated that summer campsThose earlier documents did not issue guidance for schools, which the agency specifically addressed in Thursday's version of the decision tools.
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