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Thousands Of Students Quarantined After COVID Exposure Just Days Into School Year
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One Mississippi district had to suspend in-person teaching after 40% of its students were quarantined after exposure to COVID-19.
Thousands of students across the nation are already in quarantine amid COVID-19 outbreaks just days into the new school year. The alarming numbers are emerging amid soaring cases of the delta variant of COVID, particularly in states with low vaccination rates, and where governors and state legislatures have banned mask mandates. A review of local media reports by The Washington Post found that more than 10,000 students and staff members across 14 states have been exposed to the coronavirus since school started.More Related News