Schools can reopen safely if proper precautions are taken amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal health agency said in official guidance released Friday. “Evidence suggests that many K-12 schools that have strictly implemented mitigation strategies have been able to safely open for in-person instruction and remain open,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a document outlining operational strategies for reopening. The CDC is recommending schools that resume in-person learning mandate masks on students and staffers, implement strong handwashing procedures, and ramp up the cleaning of facilities. If community transmission of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, is low or moderate, then all primary schools should open for full, in-person instruction, the agency said. Additionally, sports and extracurricular activities can be held, but participants should be required to wear face coverings. If community transmission rises to one of the two highest levels, then in-person learning …