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COVID-19 fears prompt state Education Department to recommend cancelling some sports and other school activities

By Alejandra O'Connell-Domenech Posted on August 13, 2021
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The New York State Department of Education is recommending schools in areas with high COVID-19 transmission cancel all high-risk sports like wrestling or basketball and extracurricular activities like choir and band unless all participants are vaccinated, according to new health and safety guidance.

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The new guidance for reopening schools comes roughly a week after the New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker revealed the department would not issue health and safety guidelines for schools across the state reopening next month. 

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COVID-19 fears prompt state Education Department to recommend cancelling some sports and other school activities

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