Public schools in U.S. New Orleans return to online teaching over rising COVID-19 cases


By Gao Lu
  • World
  • Friday, 08 Jan 2021

HOUSTON, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- All public schools in the U.S. city of New Orleans reverted to online teaching on Thursday due to a rising number of COVID-19 cases.

New Orleans Public Schools published a release earlier this week, saying that due to a very concerning spike in the prevalence of COVID-19 in New Orleans, the city's public schools would "return to distance learning District-wide to best protect the health and safety of our students, their families, and our staff and teachers."

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