A Black Lives Matter protest more accessible to those in the disabled community is being organized for next Friday in Portsmouth.
Overnight camps that serve thousands of young people and generate millions of dollars for the New Hampshire economy are expected to resume operations this summer, a year after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered many of them for the first time in decades.
Guidelines approved by the New Hampshire Economic Re-Opening Task Force and awaiting Gov. Chris Sununu’s approval set out precautionary steps the camps must take, including testing, health screening, use of face masks and social distancing.
For a highly contagious virus, a homeless shelter with dozens of beds, sometimes less than two feet apart, is extremely vulnerable.
While people who have housing can actively choose whether to follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s social distancing guidelines, those facing homelessness are living in “matchboxes,” as one advocate described it.
Vice President Mike Pence on Monday singled out New Hampshire as a state that was “setting the pace” in efforts to transition students to remote learning. And he said that U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos had pointed to both New Hampshire and Florida as states that were leading the way in the change.
