On the 31st of October, Boris Johnson announced the second national lockdown, with mostly the same restrictions.
One of the things that will be different from the last lockdown will be that schools remain open but with the necessary precautions such as the 1-metre rule instead of the 2 metres in classrooms and wearing face masks in communal areas. So I asked students for their opinions on schools remaining open during the lockdown.
‘I think it is a good thing cause I feel like students learn more when they’re at school compared to when they’re at home but on the contrary, I think that it is increasing the cases of coronavirus but with children, it’s less likely to be serious so I think it’s a good thing unless the infections spread too much’
Mayors of areas where COVID-19 has affected the most have called for schools to be shut down.
But cabinet minister Michael Gove on The Andrew Marr show had said ‘We want to keep schools open’ and that the government was taking necessary measures to keep schools open.
It has been that estimated 2% of children in Year 7 to Year 11 tested positive for the virus in the most recent week of testing, the highest positivity rate of any age group apart from sixth-formers and young adults.
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