Four teachers from Florida's Broward County died from COVID-19 on Tuesday and Wednesday.
This week, Broward County's school board voted to defy a ban on mask mandates on school premises.
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Three teachers and a teaching assistant in Florida's Broward County died from COVID-19 within a span of 24 hours, the Broward Teachers Union told NBC Miami on Thursday.
The union's president, Anna Fusco, said at least three of the four were unvaccinated, per NBC Miami.
Earlier this week, the Broward County Public Schools board defied Gov. Ron DeSantis' ban on mask mandates.
In July, DeSantis issued an executive order banning mask mandates for Florida public schools, despite rising cases among children in the state. »