'The government is further risking the health of our communities and the likelihood of a second spike' said the UK's former chief scientific adviser.
It's not yet safe to re-open schools and doing so now will only risk a second spike of the coronavirus, according to a new report by an independent group of UK scientists.However, the group of senior scientists, fronted by the UK's former chief Scientific Adviser Sir David King, said on Friday that there is"no clear evidence it is safe to do so."
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to cancel the government's instruction to councils to reopen junior schools to some year groups from June 1. Local authorities have warned this week that they cannot guarantee schools will reopen on June 1. Only 20 of 99 councils who responded to a BBC survey said they were on track to reopen schools to Reception, Year 1, and Year 6 groups on the first day of June.Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders' union NAHT, said:"Support for a fixed date for school return is vanishing quickly.
Proposals included summer camps and open-air schools, and suggested requisitioning football fields, as well as independent school buildings and playing fields to provide more space.A new poll published by ITV News on Friday, found overwhelming opposition to re-opening schools among British parents.
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