UK coronavirus live: education secretary says Covid-19 unlikely to spread in classrooms

Gavin Williamson says plans for school reopening guided by evidence of little transmission Global coronavirus live: latest updates 9.01am BST In contrast, the Welsh first minister, Mark Drakeford, has said that in Wales, some schools could be forced to close in the event of a local outbreak. He told BBC Breakfast: “Every local flare-up is different; in some places not reopening schools would be part of a plan, in other sorts of outbreaks that may not be necessary.“It’s down to the local circumstances, down to the team on the ground. and they will then advise Welsh ministers.” 8.54am BST On school reopenings, Whately said that “the risks to children from Covid are very low, so absolutely it’ll be safe for children to be back in schools, and our national priority is to get to children back in school this autumn”.Asked about the one week on, one week off suggestion, she said: “Our priority is to make sure that children are fully back in school come the autumn.” Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/aug/10/uk-coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates-schools #coronavirus_outbreak #politics #uk_news