Boris Johnson has said ‘keeping our schools closed a moment longer than absolutely necessary is socially intolerable, economically unsustainable and morally indefensible.’
, he said there were also ‘spiralling economic costs’ of parents and carers unable to work with their children not in school.
This weekend a Downing Street source also echoed Johnson’s words and said schools would only close as a last resort if a second lockdown occurs. At present, government guidance states that pupils will not have to wear masks while at school, and social distancing rules will not be as strict as they were during the earlier months of lockdown.Earlier this month Children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield criticised the government for treating children ‘as an afterthought’ during the Covid-19 crisis, and said the reopening of schools ‘should be prioritised’ in the event of a second peak.
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