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9.19am GMT
Vaccinating school staff would have given confidence to parents and pupils about the return to classrooms, the general secretary of the UK’s Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has said.
Appearing on BBC Breakfast, Geoff Barton was asked what he thought about the plans to prioritise vaccines by age rather than job. He said:
“I am certainly not going to argue with an eminent scientist but I think what I would say is a week on Monday we are at a moment, a national moment - 10 million children and young people are going to start the process of going back into their schools.
“The government today is launching a campaign to try to reassure parents that they should be sending their children back - that tells you something about the level of anxiety there is.
9.11am GMT
Here’s the latest from New Zealand, after the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern announced a week-long lockdown in Auckland.
The latest community outbreak had no known links to other cases and spent seven days visiting supermarkets, gyms and and university. Continue reading...