New York City said it will hire hundreds of nurses in the coming weeks to ensure every public school has a medical professional on site when it reopens
The move to hire nurses comes as Mayor Bill de Blasio faces a barrage of questions from parents, teachers and nurses about the safety of reopening the country’s largest public school system in the midst of the new coronavirus pandemic.
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