Wigan, said he was 'absolutely appalled by the announcement yesterday'. "We have had significantly high cases in the north west and as a result many schools have unfortunately had to isolate year group bubbles on numerous occasions," said Mr Grant, whose school has had 36 positive Covid cases since pupils returned in September."I think it is so unfair that when our cases were so high - and much higher than London, Kent and Essex - it was never considered appropriate to roll out testing in schools for the north west and other highly affected areas across the country."He added: "The government always state they base decisions and actions on the scientific data.
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