Closures

School closures due to inclement weather will necessitate extending the school year by three days.

The United Nations said Wednesday that nationwide school closures in 13 countries intended to help contain the spread of the coronavirus have resulted in nearly 300 million young people being out of school.

Normal life in the United States came to a halt with mandated closures of businesses beginning in many states.

School closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic mean many parents are trying to come up with ways to educate and entertain their children at home.

International tourists are scrambling to leave Australia as concerns mount over flight cancellations and border closures.

“This is not voluntary,” the governor told reporters Friday. “We are going to monitor it; there will be civil fines. There can be mandatory closures for businesses that do not comply. I am not kidding about this.”

School closures present new challenges for families who rely on the schools’ free meals and who don’t have the technology needed for their children to study at home.

The central European states of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria have imposed land border closures, blocking migrant workers from crossing the continent.

Last month, just as the border closures started, asparagus farmers from Brandenburg chartered a flight to fly in 190 Romanians. That number is a fraction of the 5,000 workers Brandenburg farmers need.

The tit-for-tat consulate closures further escalated the tensions between the two countries over issues from trade and industrial espionage to human rights.