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British students, backed by a robust coronavirus testing program, have returned to schools after a two-month closure, in what Prime Minister Boris Johnson says is a plan to get the country âmoving closer to a sense of normalityâ.
The reopening of schools is the first step in the UK government s plan to gradually ease COVID-19 restrictions as the country s vaccination drive gains critical mass, with all restrictions lifted by June.
As part of the plan, millions of high school and college students coming back to UK classrooms will be tested for the virus for the first few weeks. Authorities want to quickly detect and isolate asymptomatic cases in order to avoid sending entire schools home.
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