The latest on the coronavirus pandemic: Live updates – CNN International

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said schools are some of the safest places in the city while explaining his decision to reopen public elementary schools and resumein-person classes.

That3% standard, after we had so muchexperience with the schools,proved to be different than wethought it would be, he added, saying that the model needs to be more sustainable for until there is a coronavirus vaccine. We decided we need a lot moretesting and to make that [available] inevery school.

Students in 3K, Pre-K and grades K-5 can resume in-person classes on Dec. 7 and the city will address when middle and high schoolers can return to in-person classes in the future.

There will be weekly testing in every school, and students will need to be tested and get a consent form to come, de Blasio said about the reopening directives put in place.

The current testing capacity only allows the city to bring back elementary school students. Over time, the city will also bring back middle and high school students, de Blasio said.

In case a student tests positive for Covid-19, the entire classroom will quarantine, he added.

[If] there's multiple cases in theschool, theres a careful investigationto determine whether the schoolonly needs a temporary shutdownor full two-week quarantine," he said Monday. "That has worked and it's allowedus to keep the vast majority ofour schools open the vastmajority of the time. But its also givenus the ability to pinpoint whenthere's a problem and address itquickly through our test andtrace corps.

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