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“At least at the beginning, the learning curve will be really steep” on remote learning if schools are closed for extended periods, said Ioana Literat, a professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College.

No city public schools have closed, and officials have said they view mass closings of the system as a “last resort.”

Mr. de Blasio doubled down on that position in an interview on MSNBC on Tuesday morning, saying that individual schools might close for a period if particular students or teachers were exposed, but that the city was unlikely to halt school altogether.

“I would advise against these mass closures when we’re keeping this situation relatively contained,” he said, adding: “Ask me in a week. Ask me in a month — it might change.”

The region’s jails are preparing for a possible outbreak.

Beginning as early as Wednesday, visitors to New York City jails will be screened and barred from entry if they exhibit flulike symptoms such as a cough or fever.

There are no confirmed cases of coronavirus inside the jails, but the city’s Department of Correction was running through emergency scenarios to prepare for a possible outbreak, a correction official, Patricia Feeney, said at a public hearing on Tuesday.

Sanitation inside the jails has increased, she said, including daily cleaning of all housing units, common spaces and buses. Showers are cleaned three times a day.