By Jill Goldsmith New York City’s public school system, the largest in the nation with 1.1 million students, will shut down Monday to stop to spread of the coronavirus.
It follows Los Angeles, home to 700,000 students, which said Friday it’s also closing. “I’m very, very concerned that we see a rapid spread of this disease, and it’s time to take more dramatic measures,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said late Sunday afternoon. “This is a decision I have taken with no joy and a lot of pain.” As of Sunday, New York state had 729 confirmed cases.
Five people have died in New York City, which has the highest concentration of infections with 329 tested positive. “The facts have given us no other choice,” the mayor said.
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