Two more councils have said they will defy government instructions for schools in England to start reopening from next month
The Department for Education was asked to comment but none was received at the time of publication.Talks between teachers' unions and government advisers have failed to secure agreement
England’s deputy chief medical officer Prof Jon Van-Tam tried to dampen down fears about schools reopening by explaining that children are not"high output transmitters" of the virus. Speaking at the daily Downing Street briefing on Monday, he said:"Unlike flu, where we are very clear that children drive transmission in the community to adults, it really does not seem to be the same kind of signal with COVID-19.He also said that most children have only"extremely mild" COVID-19 symptoms and the infection rate among them is"about the same" as in adults, but"possibly a little lower" in younger aged children.
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