Covid: GB reopens schools, but with tests and masks

(ANSA) – LONDON, JANUARY 03 – Schools in the United Kingdom are confirmed to reopen after Christmas in the coming days, despite the new Omicron edition boosting Covid infections, but health precautionary protocols for children To strengthen with: the government reiterates today by Boris Johnson from the mouth of the Minister of Education, Nadim Zahvi, specifying that even in England – by far the largest country in the state – not only middle and high school students The already announced requirement of masks in the classroom will be introduced, but also for everyone returning from vacation if one tests negative and a double weekly control swab. Zahavi stressed that wearing masks in the classroom would only be in effect “as long as it is strictly necessary”, with the deadline currently set for January 26. And that the test kits will be provided free of cost to various institutions. In schools in Scotland and Northern Ireland, where local regional governments make decisions about health and education, mask-like masks were already observed, while in Wales they would resume after Christmas, with the only difference being That weekly test would be 3. The Johnson government predicts that an amendment to the general rules on the Covid emergency, expected this week, will not reintroduce any new lockdown model restrictions even now, as the latest data “doesn’t justify it”: total cases reported yesterday Given the decline (at about 137,000) and preventable deaths, in the face of many vaccines, that has increased to a third booster dose of about 35 million already administered and total hospitalizations, but for now the first wave of the pandemic It is far from the peaks. (the handle).