COVID-19: Students return to school across the US amid Delta variant fears

Health experts attribute the Delta variant being more likely to infect children

Last updated: August 17, 2021 | 07:42

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Eliot Miller and other students walk up to the school bus on the first day of school in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

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Teacher Tanya Ortiz Franklin helps Natalia Castillo on the first day back at school for LAUSD students following the COVID-19 coronavirus disease remote school period, in Harbor City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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A crossing guard stops traffic while students return on the first day of school, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, at West Tampa Elementary School in Tampa, Florida, U.S.

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Natalia Castillo attends the first day back at school for LAUSD students following the COVID-19 coronavirus disease remote school period, in Harbor City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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High school students return on the first day of school, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, at Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Florida, U.S.

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Parents walk their children on the first day of school, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, at West Tampa Elementary School in Tampa, Florida, U.S.

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A mother walks her daughter on the first day of school at West Tampa Elementary School in Tampa, Florida, U.S.

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Students walk to the school cafeteria for lunch at Wilder Elementary School in Louisville, KY, Kentucky, U.S.

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Nurse Alisa Ellis-Balogun, from Sphere, tests 7-year-old Thomas Byrd for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Seneca High School a day before returning to school in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

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Teacher Vernida Watson talks to student Adalyn on the first day back at school for LAUSD students following the COVID-19 coronavirus disease remote school period, in Harbor City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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Lazarus attends the first day back at school for LAUSD students following the coronavirus disease remote school period, in Harbor City, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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A teacher instructs her students in their first day of school, at Wilder Elementary School in Louisville, KY, Kentucky, U.S.

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Students walk down the hall way for lunch at Wilder Elementary School in Louisville, KY, Kentucky, U.S.

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