by oxford university. more than a million children in england were forced to stay away from school last week for covid related reasons. our health correspondent, naomi grimley has more. the isolating of bubbles in schools has caused no end of frustration in this pandemic. last thursday, for example, more than a million state school pupils in england did not attend class for covid 19 related reasons. of those, more than 900,000 were self isolating, due to a possible contact with a case. but a new study by oxford university suggests that if daily lateral flow testing is done in school over seven days, it s just as good at preventing transmission as isolating pupils at home. what we see here is that for people in schools and colleges, the chance of getting infected with covid 19 when there has been a case in the school or college is low, less than 2%, one in 50.
due to a possible contact with a case. but a new study by oxford university suggests that if daily lateral flow testing is done in school over seven days, it s just as good at preventing transmission as isolating pupils at home. what we see here is that for people in schools and colleges, the chance of getting infected with covid i9 when there has been a case in the school or college is low it s less than 2%, one in 50. i am really confident that what this study shows us is that daily testing of contacts is a safe thing to do in schools and colleges. the researchers believe daily contact testing like this can help reduce school absences. but can schools cope with this kind of intensive testing done on site? it very difficult. we ve made it work before. i m sure with the help of my support staff we can make it work again, but we need to know exactly what is expected of us and we need to know as soon as possible.
from school last week for covid related reasons. our health correspondent, naomi grimley has more. the isolating of bubbles in schools has caused no end of frustration in this pandemic. last thursday, for example, more than a million state school pupils in england did not attend class for covid 19 related reasons. of those, more than 900,000 were self isolating, due to a possible contact with a case. but a new study by oxford university suggests that if daily lateral flow testing is done in school over seven days, it s just as good at preventing transmission as isolating pupils at home. what we see here is that for people in schools and colleges, the chance of getting infected with covid 19 when there has been a case in the school or college is low it s less than 2%, one in 50. i am really confident that what this study shows us is that daily testing of contacts is a safe thing to do in schools and colleges. the researchers believe daily contact testing like this can help
may be just as effective as class bubbles to control transmission of covid in schools according to a study by oxford university. more than a million children in england were forced to stay away from school last week for covid related reasons. 0ur health correspondent, naomi grimley has more. the isolating of bubbles in schools has caused no end of frustration in this pandemic. last thursday, for example, more than a million state school pupils in england did not attend class for covid 19 related reasons. of those, more than 900,000 were self isolating, due to a possible contact with a case. but a new study by oxford university suggests that if daily lateral flow testing is done in school over seven days, it s just as good at preventing transmission as isolating pupils at home. what we see here is that for people in schools and colleges, the chance of getting infected with covid 19 when there has been a case in the school or college is low, less than 2%, one in 50.