{"id":341787,"date":"2021-09-20T18:52:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T15:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bill-de-blasio-announces-new-weekly-covid-19-school-testing\/"},"modified":"2021-09-20T18:52:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T15:52:39","slug":"bill-de-blasio-announces-new-weekly-covid-19-school-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bill-de-blasio-announces-new-weekly-covid-19-school-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bill de Blasio announces new weekly COVID-19 school testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Bill de Blasio announces new weekly COVID-19 school testing<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Students and staff at New York City public schools will be tested every week, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday \u2014 a day after the city\u2019s teachers union\u00a0demand\u00a0ramped up testing frequency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will now go to weekly testing. We\u2019ll be testing in elementary, middle and high school each school every week,\u201d said de Blasio at his daily press briefing, held remotely from City Hall. \u201cThat will allow more kids to safely remain in the classrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new policy will go into effect Sept. 27, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement came after on Sunday United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew called on the mayor and his schools chief to replace the current testing frequency \u2014 wherein 10 percent of Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le public school staff and students are tested for the virus every other week \u2014 with a test every week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"An NYC student seen wearing a mask.\" class=\"wp-image-19515606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The new COVID-19 testing policy is set to take effect on September 27, 2021. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephanie Keith\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Michael Mulgrew called on the mayor and his schools chief to replace the current testing frequency -- which was every other week.\" class=\"wp-image-19515608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-04.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Michael Mulgrew called on Bill de Blasio and his schools chief to replace the current testing frequency \u2014 which was every other week.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">KEVIN C DOWNS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhile so far our public schools have successfully reopened, I am concerned that this year\u2019s reduced frequency of COVID testing means that thousands of children will spend days in classrooms without the early warning system that last year made our schools among the safest places in the community,\u201d he wrote in a letter.<\/p>\n<p>City Hall almost im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely agreed to the UFT\u2019s proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an increase from our biweekly policy already in place,\u201d Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter said Monday morning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Students and staff at New York City public schools will be tested every week according to a new mandate set in motion by Mayor Bill De Blasio.\" class=\"wp-image-19515594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/public-school-testing-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A girl seen leaving school and wearing a mask in NYC.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michael Nagle\/Xinhua via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, the mayor said that beginning next Monday \u2014 the day the city\u2019s COVID-19\u00a0vaccine mandate for Department of Education staff\u00a0as well as\u00a0childcare workers\u00a0is set to go into effect \u2014 the city will relax its quarantine protocols for public school students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will change the quarantine approach and will align to the CDC guidance on that,\u201d de Blasio explained. \u201cWhen there is a positive test in a classroom, the unvaccinated students in the classroom will not have to quarantine, if they are masked and three-feet distanced.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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