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Re: Coronavirus
https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=%2fp...020174305.xlsx (tabs 1g and 1h).
Possibly more areas going into Tier 4, infection and hospitalisation numbers rising, and stats show that year 7 to 11 pupils have the highest % of the population testing positive.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-55464932
Quote:
Michael Gove has said this morning that ministers are still discussing whether pupils in England should return to school next week.
Children sitting GCSEs and A-levels in the summer are due to go back on 4 January, as are primary school pupils, with others returning a week later.
School trade unions and some scientists are calling for a longer delay to reduce the spread of the new variant of coronavirus.
But Gove said the government was confident lessons could begin in the first week of January.
"We are talking to teachers and head teachers in order to make sure we can deliver effectively. But we all know that there are trade-offs.
"As a country we have decided - and I think this is the right thing to do - that we prioritise children returning to school."
Mr Gove also said he had not ruled out the whole of England being moved into the toughest tier four restrictions.
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That seems counter-intuitive...
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