Coronavirus: Schools safe to reopen, Michael Gove insists
Michael Gove has insisted England's schools are safe to reopen, but acknowledged that"you can never eliminate risk".
The government has set out plans to begin a phased reopening of primary schools in England from 1 June.Speaking to Andrew Marr, the Cabinet Office minister could not guarantee that teachers and pupils would not catch coronavirus. "You can never eliminate risk," he said."It is the case that it is extremely unlikely that any school is likely to be the source of a Covid outbreak."
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