Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore, says students do not face a greater risk of getting infected by Covid-19 as schools start to reopen on June 2. He adds that with schools putting more protocols in place to upkeep safe distancing and personal hygiene, the risk of infection is lower now, compared to before the circuit breaker period.
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Boris Johnson has restated his determination for a phased reopening of schools in England, before the summer holidays. They were closed on March 20th, to all except key worker’s children and vulnerable students.
The Prime Minister said primary schools will reopen on June 1st, to early years pupils, Reception, Year 1 and Year 6, though that may not be possible in all cases.
From June 15th, Mr Johnson said secondary schools would provide “some contact” to year 10 and 12 students, to allow them to begin preparations for exams next year.
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Premier Doug Ford was joined by Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, and Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education, on Tuesday where it was announced that Ontario schools will not be reopening for the rest of the school year. However, online learning will continue.
“I’m just not going to risk it,” Ford said of not reopening schools.
Premier Ford also announced that overnight camps will be closed this summer, but day camps will be allowed to reopen with strict public health measures in place in July and August.
From May 19, most schools in Singapore will resume face-to-face lessons for between 50 and 200 students each day, over the next two weeks. This is to prepare them for upcoming national exams like the A-Levels. The Education Ministry told CNA students who need to catch up on coursework or practical work, and those with learning gaps, will get priority to return during the mid-year holidays.
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Labour shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says schools should shut until the government’s ‘test, trace and isolate’ system is up and running.
Earlier, Michael Gove told Sophy Ridge on Sunday that children and teachers would be safe under plans for a phased reopening of schools on 1 June.
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The Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has said the government’s approach to re-opening schools in England will be cautious and based on scientific advice. But he warned that the longer schools are closed, the more children will miss out.
The teaching unions have raised concerns over plans for some primary pupils to return to schools in England from the first of June. They say there is still too little testing and a danger that schools will help spread coronavirus infections.
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With California’s economy hobbled by the impacts of the long coronavirus shutdown, Gov. Gavin Newsom asked lawmakers Thursday to sharply curtail spending on public schools and an array of government services while warning additional cuts could be necessary by year’s end.
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Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced on Sunday that all publicly-funded schools in the province will remain closed until at least May 31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an extension of the previous order. The provincial government made the decision to extend the closures based on advice from Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Dr. David Williams, and the command table. Lecce indicated May 29 in the media briefing, as May 30 and 31 fall on a weekend.
Lecce clarified that all private schools and daycare centres will also remain closed, but those are managed under the province’s emergency order.
The government has rejected suggestions that children could return to school in England in the next few weeks. The Education Secretary, Gavin Williamson, declined to give a date for them to reopen, saying the government’s tests would need to be met before pupils could return to school as part of any easing of coronavirus restrictions.
Meanwhile ministers remains under intense pressure over shortages of protective clothing for health workers and especially the medical gowns used in hospital intensive care wards.
Coronavirus update: The UK COVID-19 death toll today passed 16,000 as fatalities increased by 596.
Health authorities confirmed 16,060 people had died in hospitals across the country in 24 hours as covid 19 infections rose by 5,850 to 120,067.
Ministers tonight refused to give a date for schools returning, and shot down claims it could be in just three weeks time.
Gavin Williamson said “I can’t give a date” for relaxing any measures yet until the Government’s five key tests are met.
Singapore Education Minister Ong Ye Kung explained on Friday (Apr 3) why authorities have chosen to close schools now to contain the spread of COVID-19. He added that all mid-year examinations will be cancelled and detailed the implications for national exams like PSLE and GCE ‘O’ Levels. Read more: https://cna.asia/3bMt1sd
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The number of cases of coronavirus in the UK has jumped to 87, the largest increase in a single day in the outbreak so far. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
England’s Chief Medical Officer has warned that we are on the verge of moving from trying to contain the virus by tracking all known cases, to the ‘delay’ phase of the official response.
That’s to stop the number of cases rising too quickly. Meanwhile Italy – the worst affected country in Europe – is to close all schools and universities until the middle of the month.
