This year they had only attended school one day, but the english children they returned at classes this Monday, within the framework of gradual lifting of the restrictions imposed in January to combat pandemic of covid-19.
It is lockdown, the third, was harder than the previous one and was implanted to stop the spread of a variant of coronavirus plus contagious, detected in Kent.
Since then, students in England have had to follow the courses from home, although the children of workers considered “essential” could attend school.
But, given the decline in infections and hospital admissions, Prime Minister Boris Johnson allowed schools to reopen at the end of February.
Staggered return
The first to return to class have been children between the ages of 5 and 11.
They will be followed, staggered, by high school and high school students.
It is recommended that secondary school students wear face masks. In addition, they will have to undergo a covid-19 test twice a week.
With more than 124,000 deaths, the United Kingdom is the European country hardest hit by the pandemic and its government has been cautious when it comes to lifting restrictions, fearful that the epidemic will rebound.
The reopening of schools was our priority and the first stage of our roadmap to return to normalcy, “Boris Johnson tweeted Monday.
Today pupils return to schools in England.
I want to thank teachers, parents, guardians and carers for the work you have done to keep kids learning throughout the pandemic.
Getting all schools back has been our priority and the first step of our roadmap back to normality.
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) March 8, 2021
Thanks to an extensive vaccination campaign against covid-19, with which 22 million people received at least a first dose of the immunizer, the government relaxed restrictions on social life and allowed the meetings of two people abroad.
At the end of the month, if the situation does not change, they will be able to meet up to six.
Non-essential shops and bar and restaurant terraces will reopen on April 12, according to the government’s program, which hopes to lift all measures by June 12.
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