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The IDPH recommended that, for the next three weeks, all Illinois residents avoid leaving their homes for non-essential activities. [165] They also recommended that businesses allow employees to work from home and limit all non-essential gatherings. [166] Illinois Regions 5, 7, and 8 restrictions were increased to Tier 2.
Due to some calendar changes, the students are expected to get up to a six-week summer break next year even with the 30 additional days of school. The schedule for the additional days looks ...
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shut down for in-person learning, many families lost free childcare, which many depended on to be able to work. [9] As a result, many parents, primarily mothers, left the workforce , creating a gendered departure from traditional working conditions.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools across the world began conducting classes via videotelephony software such as Zoom, Google Classroom and/or Google Meet. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has created a framework to guide an education response to the COVID-19 pandemic for distance learning. [106]
The summer months, typically associated with lower respiratory virus activity, have instead seen a significant uptick in COVID-19 infections. Several factors contribute to this unexpected surge.
In some nursing homes, elderly victims were found abandoned in their beds by Spanish soldiers mounting emergency response. Defense minister Margarita Robles said anyone guilty of neglect will be prosecuted. [32] By 18 April 38 residences were under investigation. [31] Some hospitals refused to admit sick people from nursing homes. [33]
Kids that start the day with school breakfast we know have higher attendance rates, they do better in school, and they have less long-term health issues,” Sabella tells Fortune.
The surge of patients during the summer of 2021 has created a nurse staffing crisis, leading hospitals to pay above typical salaries. Nurses who have been the backbone of the world during the pandemic have had extra pressure to care for the overwhelming influx of positive COVID-19 patients in hospitals.