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What to expect in schools now most COVID-19 rules lifted
Clip: 9/5/2022 | 3m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
State education department is now using a ‘routine disease control model’
This school year will look quite a bit different from the last two years, with a shift away from most of the state's COVID-19 prevention guidelines that dominated schools during the pandemic. As COVID-19 vaccines are more readily available and cases are on the decline, there will be no more mandatory testing or mask-wearing, and quarantining entire classrooms is over, too -- with some exceptions.
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NJ Spotlight News
What to expect in schools now most COVID-19 rules lifted
Clip: 9/5/2022 | 3m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
This school year will look quite a bit different from the last two years, with a shift away from most of the state's COVID-19 prevention guidelines that dominated schools during the pandemic. As COVID-19 vaccines are more readily available and cases are on the decline, there will be no more mandatory testing or mask-wearing, and quarantining entire classrooms is over, too -- with some exceptions.
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