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San Francisco to close public schools for three weeks

San Francisco is closing public schools for the next three weeks in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The closure, which affects more than 54,000 students, will go into effect Monday until early April.

The decision came after the city issued a moratorium on large gatherings of 1,000 or more. Today, Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, recommended that all gatherings of 250 or more should be canceled or postponed until at least the end of March.

As of Thursday morning, there were 198 positive cases of coronavirus in California, and four coronavirus-related deaths.