Concerns expressed at Government plans to stop face coverings in secondary schools
Twenty leading scientists have joined with educational unions, parents and students to write to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson about the plans
Today (Tuesday), a coalition of nearly 20 scientists joined with educational unions, including NEU, UNITE, UNISON, GMB, NASUWT, and 400 parents, and students and have written to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to express concern at reported Government plans to stop requiring children to wear face coverings in secondary school classrooms in England from 17th May.
The letter to Government warns:
153,000 children and school staff in the UK could already be suffering with Long Covid.
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SCIENTISTS, public health experts and parents have joined with unions to demand that essential Covid-19 safety protocols are retained in schools as lockdown restrictions are eased.
The National Education Union, Unite, Unison, GMB and NASUWT published an open letter to Education Secretary Gavin Williamson today, expressing grave concern at reported plans to stop secondary school pupils in England having to wear masks in classrooms from May 17.
The letter, co-signed by other education unions, more than 400 parents and nearly 20 leading scientists and public health experts, warns that a change in policy when rates of the virus are still significant “would have consequences for the health of our children, parents [and] communities.”