Board of Health rules that New York City daycares can open starting July 13
New York City’s Board of Health voted on Tuesday to approve the reopening of 3,000 daycare centers beginning next week.
The unanimous vote rescinded an April 3 order shuttering care centers, with exception of home-run daycare centers and emergency daycare centers for essential workers, across the city to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Only about 25 childcare programs have been up and running since April.
During the virtual board meeting, Deputy Commissioner for the Division of Environmental Health Corrine Schiff recommended that the board vote to reopen daycare centers given the virus slowed transmission rate in the city and decline in new infections.
On July 5, 58 people were admitted to a city public hospital with possibly COVID-19 symptoms and 2% of New York City residents tested positive for the virus, according to the mayor’s office.
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