New York City Schools to Close Again as City Fights Virus

New York City Schools to Close Again as City Fights Virus
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio puts on a mask during a news conference outside the Mosaic Pre-K Center on the first day of school in New York on Sept. 21, 2020. Mark Lennihan /AP Photo
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NEW YORK—New York City is shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday in a painful about-face for one of the first big U.S. school systems to bring students back to classrooms this fall.

The nation’s largest public school system will halt in-person learning Thursday, sending more than 1 million children into all-online classes, the mayor said.