BREAKING: Boris Johnson promises to ‘fully’ reopen schools in weeks
The Prime Minister has reiterated his desire to open all schools in England in September – branding it a ‘moral duty’ to do so despite a backlash to the plans.
‘But, basically, the plan is there – get everybody back in September, that’s the right thing for everybody.’ Professor Russell Viner, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and a member of the Government’s Sage scientific advisory group, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday that ‘reopening schools is one of the least risky things we can do’.
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