Thousands urge UK government to keep schools closed

NHS and education workers say further lives should not be put at risk in coronavirus crisis

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A letter from an NHS nurse urging the government to keep schools closed because of the health risks to staff and the wider community has attracted more than 7,000 signatures, as teachers described trying to maintain social distancing in primary classrooms as “almost impossible”.

Iain Wilson, an NHS nurse with two children at school in Lewisham in south London, and experience of working with Covid patients, wrote to ministers: “Do not make us the global guinea pigs. It is self-evidently unwise to force hundreds of people into small rooms in small buildings during a pandemic.

The diverging approaches to school closures may stem from the considerable uncertainty around the extent to which children are playing a role in spreading Covid-19.

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3cCJ64l