In the first week of the beginning of the school, the US -Chicago had a 700 teachers and students confirmed to be diagnosed with the new crown teachers' union called "worrying"

Overseas Network, August 31. According to a report from the US Broadcasting Corporation on August 30, the number of teachers and students in the Chicago Public School in the United States in the first week of school was more than 700, which was several times the same period of 2021.

According to the data released by the Public School of Chicago Public School, the first week of the new school year, the test results of the new crown virus of 449 students in the local area were positive, which was 3.3 times that of 135 people in the same period in 2021. In addition, 315 adults, including faculty and staff, confirmed, this number was 4.8 times the number of infections in 2021.

Medical experts in Chicago said that the local epidemic was mainly caused by the highly contagious Omikon BA.5 mutant strains. In addition, Chicago's current epidemic prevention measures were relaxed, which eventually led to increasing the number of infections. The Chicago Teacher Trade Union stated that the increase in the number of infections is worrying. If this situation continues, it will require local regulations to re -formulate the relevant regulations of wearing masks. Tina Tan, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Northwestern United States, also said that if the number of new crown cases continues to rise, some epidemic prevention measures should be restored. (Overseas network/Zhang Ni internship compilation/Wang Ruiqi)

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