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Chicago deal to resume in-person class includes more testing, KN95 masks: "It's not a perfect agreement"
CBSN
Students and teachers in Chicago are returning to school Wednesday after the teachers' union reached a tentative agreement with the city over COVID-19 safety measures. This comes at a time of growing infections among children.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, more than 580,000 children tested positive for the virus last week— an all-time high. Pediatric cases have almost tripled since the start of December.
The city and the Chicago Teachers Union leaders reached an agreement on Monday that would have teachers' in-person instruction restarting Wednesday. The agreement comes after four days of canceled classes and establishes metrics where individual schools will go remote if there's a COVID outbreak resulting in teacher absences.