Since the pandemic outbreak of Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19), U.S. states have implemented Epidemic prevention measures to close schools, but recent reports indicate that the epidemic since the U.S. students’ mental health problems have increased, suicide rates have also risen, according to reports, Nevada authorities intend to restart campuses in Las Vegas and other places in the near future.
Comprehensive foreign media reports, covering Las Vegas and the nation’s 5th largest school district in Nevada Clark County (Clark County) since the closure of the campus in March last year, the county has 19 students have committed suicide, including the youngest schoolchildren only 9 years old. Local officials said the number has doubled from nine the year before in the same district. Authorities did not make a direct link between the suicides and the reopening of schools.
Studies show that the pandemic is seriously affecting vulnerable groups in society, such as out-of-school youth, and the increase in mental illness is also believed to be related to Wuhan pneumonia and related epidemic prevention and blockade measures. Experts say that suicide may have many complex factors that should not be explained by a single cause.
As attitudes polarize across the country regarding the epidemic lockdown, some psychologists are warning about the impact of school closures on children’s well-being. Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pointed out at a press conference last July that school closures could result in increased youth suicide rates, among other costs.
Jesus Jara, head of the Clark County School District, said that after seeing the rise in student suicides, authorities understand that there is more to look at than just the number of confirmed martial arts lung cases, and Jara stressed that authorities must find ways to reach out, care for schoolchildren and give them hope. Las Vegas has not yet determined the exact date of school reopening, but the school district has agreed to continue to promote measures related to the reopening of the campus in line with the norms of epidemic prevention, the first students, including young children, are expected to return to the classroom may be within a few weeks.
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