Schools in 9 Zip Codes of NYC closed out of caution against COVID-19


By Xia Lin
  • World
  • Wednesday, 07 Oct 2020

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Public and non-public schools in nine Zip Codes of New York City (NYC) were closed Tuesday morning out of an abundance of caution against the COVID-19 pandemic, said NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio at his press conference.

The nine Zip Codes have seen about 3 percent positivity of coronavirus tests for seven consecutive days, said de Blasio.

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