Headteachers say advice on coronavirus has been 'inconsistent'

Government accused of giving confusing advice on whether pupils should self-isolate

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The government has been accused of giving “inconsistent” and conflicting advice as growing numbers of schools closed over coronavirus fears and thousands of pupils were sent home.

With at least 13 schools being closed across the country and another 24 sending children home into quarantine by Wednesday evening, the health secretary, Matt Hancock, sought to reassure headteachers that there was no need to close schools unless there was a confirmed case of coronavirus.

The World Health Organization is recommending that people take simple precautions to reduce exposure to and transmission of the Wuhan coronavirus, for which there is no specific cure or vaccine.

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