Chris Vicari Introduces How the Baishan Education Group Initially Responded to COVID-19

Michael interviews Chris Vicari from Baishan Education Group-Qingdao, China.

New York Times

Schools Can Reopen, Germany Finds, but Expect a ‘Roller Coaster’

Mr. Kwee, the headmaster at the Heinz-Berggruen school in Berlin, received guidelines from the local government only three days before classes started. When the first coronavirus case was discovered, no contingency plans had been drawn up, let alone an email to parents with instructions on how to respond to an infection.

Clara Felsenberg, 11, was in the gym with her classmates when Mr. Kwee abruptly sent them home.

“I was really disappointed,” she recalled. “We had only been back in class for a couple of days.”

The children filed into changing rooms one by one to get dressed and call home. Soon a WhatsApp group among the parents lit up with anxiety and confusion. Would the whole family have to quarantine? When and where would they get tested?

Excerpts from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/world/europe/germany-schools-virus-reopening.html.

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