A Tory minister has declared schools are safe, before adding in the same breath that they are “vectors” for a new strain of coronavirus.
Nadhim Zahawi made the bizarre claim today after Boris Johnson U-turned and shut schools at a few hours’ notice following two weeks of dithering.
While children are far less likely than adults to become seriously ill with Covid-19, schools were shut because pupils can spread the virus to others in the community.
SAGE warned on December 22 that schools would have to close to have any hope of bringing the R number below 1. But Boris Johnson pushed ahead with the opening of most primary schools in England - then U-turned and shutting them all after one day of class.
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