Secondary school students in England will be advised to wear face masks when they return to school after the Christmas break next week to tackle the rise in COVID-19 infections, the education minister said today. Nadim Zahawi.
“We want to maximize the number of children in school and college for as long as possible,” the minister said in an article in The Sunday Telegraph.
“One of the additional interim measures that will help to achieve this, in the face of the growing incidence of Omicron, is the recommendation for face masks in secondary schools and classrooms, for the coming weeks and not for longer than that. that will be needed.
England was the only state out of four in the UK where no prior recommendation was made for face masks within the classroom.
With record daily infection rates and positive people being required to be quarantined for at least seven days, schools and other public services are struggling with reduced staffing. performs his duties.
The British government has asked public sector executives to prepare for the worst-case scenario, in the absence of 25% of their staff in the coming weeks.
Zahawi said a percentage of distance learning activity would be necessary, given the number of students and teachers who would have to be isolated.
However, he added that physical education will continue, while the exams will be conducted as scheduled this month.
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