(Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)COVID-19 tests are administered to children, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, at L.B. “We are going to keep our schools open and ensure that our children are in a safe environment,” newly sworn-in Mayor Eric Adams said. Across the U.S., new COVID-19 cases have tripled in the past two weeks to over 400,000 a day, the highest level on record, amid a rush by many Americans to get tested. Elsewhere around the country, the Los Angeles Unified School District announced Monday that schools will now reopen Jan. 11 because of omicron’s rise. Syracuse, New York, canceled school Monday because of the increasing number of infections and a lack of substitute teachers.
