Face masks should NOT be worn in schools as Boris blasted - 'This is a free country!'

STUDENTS in England should not be forced to wear face masks when they return to school, six in 10 people said in a poll, after Boris Johnson performed a U-turn on the COVID-19 restrictions.

Sixty-four percent said no, while 35 percent said yes.One opponent of the new rule even went as far as to claim it would be"abusive" to force children to wear a face covering on school grounds.Students in local lockdown parts of England will have to wear masks

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