Government urged to take action as one in 14 secondary school children in England infected last week
Unions have called on the government to stop “standing by” and reinstate safety measures at schools to prevent further disruption to education this winter as the rate of Covid surges among teenagers.
The spread of the virus appears to be significantly outpacing the government’s vaccination programme, with one in 14 secondary school-age children in England infected with Covid last week, figures from the Office for National Statistics show, up from an estimated one in 20 pupils the previous week.