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By Dave Dahl
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker has changed his mind and ordered K-12 schools in the state to close for two weeks. How did he do a 180 on this since Thursday.
“As I began to look at more evidence that was coming in, and contemplating as well, having made the decisions that we did already, about limiting gatherings, I started to think about the kids who will go to school and who may in fact come home, bringing (the virus) to their parents or grandparents,” Pritzker said at his daily coronavirus briefing.
Pritzker’s order covers the days March 17-30. This coming Monday, the sixteenth, would be for teachers to prepare their students for two weeks of at-home learning.
Also, the state announced fourteen new cases of coronavirus, all of them in the Chicago area. The total is now 46.
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