At the beginning of school, a large number of teachers in Utah left their jobs: they couldn’t risk teaching

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comprehensive Fawkes news network and the Saline Lake Tribune reported that teachers in Utah had left their jobs due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic days before the new school year was about to begin. < p > < p > in Salt Lake County, at least 79 educators resigned or retired early because of concerns about the spread of the epidemic in schools, 16 of whom just offered to leave last week, according to the report. “It’s so stressful to think of going back to the classroom to teach,” said Jan Roberts, 54, who retired. I can’t risk making my students sick or making myself sick. ” The granite school district has the largest number of teachers’ sudden retirement in Salt Lake County. 12 teachers including Roberts have applied for retirement, and another 32 teachers have left. Earlier this month, more than 500 teachers in granite school district protested against plans to reopen the school. At Canyon campus, 29 teachers stopped teaching, adding to other positions in the school, the school district lost a total of 46 employees. According to reports, teachers who quit too close to school day will be fined $1000. Cathy gray, a sixth grade teacher in Salt Lake County, said she was fined for resigning too late. She said there was no other way to protect herself and the students. “If I don’t think it’s in the best interests of the child and the school, I won’t do it,” Gray said. “I can’t make sure the kids are safe as their parents expect.” < p > < p > a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics found that in the two weeks from July 16 to July 30, more than 97000 children in the United States were tested positive for NCV, and at least 338000 children in the United States were infected with NCV. In some areas, such as Indiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Georgia, students have begun to return to school. Some schools found that students tested positive for the new coronavirus as soon as school started, and all close contacts were sent home for quarantine. Novel coronavirus pneumonia was diagnosed in 5608199 cases around 6:30 Beijing time in August 18th, according to Worldometer real-time statistics. 173609 cases died in total. (Zhou Xuan, overseas website)