Low level of coronavirus in community and ‘universal masking’ for adults were key, study says.
across the country have reversed course on their plans to hold in-person classes for the semester amid outbreaks among students in the first weeks of class.In other places, child-care programs are taking place in the same school buildings that were closed because of the pandemic. Schools in Montgomery County, Md., won’t open for traditional classes in the fall, butRedfield said the experience of the Rhode Island programs may provide lessons for others.
“I think this is an inspiring article to tell individuals that there is a path where one can use and partner with their public health authorities and safely get these child-care programs reopened, which again, are very important for our country,” he said. “And again, as an extension, we’re trying to get these schools reopened.
In early June, Rhode Island was reporting about 100 new cases a day, and caseloads fell even lower in late June and early July,But in the last two weeks of July, cases increased as the virus spread in the community, the study said. That’s when the possible secondary spread took place in the four child-care programs, researchers said. Most of the cases occurred from mid- to late-July when coronavirus incidence in the state was increasing.
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