B.C. makes masks mandatory for middle and secondary schools

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The change came after British Columbia tabulated one of its highest-ever counts of new cases, 236 since Saturday

Under the new guidelines for schools issued on Monday, masks will be required in the higher grades when students and teachers are outside their classrooms in crowded common areas such as the hallway or the bus. They will also be mandatory any time students and teachers cannot maintain an appropriate distance from others outside of their learning groups. School districts are dividing students into cohorts of no more than 60 in elementary school and 120 in high-school.

“We have a lot of reassuring data from around the world that is telling us it’s possible to be safe,” she said. Last week, B.C.‘s Provincial Health Officer, Bonnie Henry, defended the province‘s earlier decision not to make masks mandatory. She said masks can interfere with students’ ability to learn, but they can help where physical distancing cannot be maintained, such as in hallways.“It is a challenge. To think of, particularly a young child, 10, 11, 12, sitting all day in a classroom with a mask on is probably not realistic,” she said.

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