henrietta fore is the executive director of the un child ren s charity unicef. she says kids have been affected in a number of ways. it s notjust the learning itself, the education, learning how to read and write and do numbers, but it is also nutrition and health care and psychosocial support for mental health. it s multidimensional, and now that so many children are dropping into poverty, it is going to be very hard to bring them back simply. we will have to think of new and creative ways to do that. the united states has set a global record for covid cases, registering more than a million in a single day. with the omicron variant surging, some schools have delayed reopening after the christmas break. other measures include mask wearing, remote learning, and increased vaccination. let s speak to randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers.
no new masks, but with four staff already off with covid, there are familiar concerns. particularly with the age of the children and the number of adults and ratios with children, for example in the early years where our ratio is one to 13, it s very much being able to manage that and making sure we have adequate staffing to provide the education we need. great news, you re good to go, you can go back to lessons with your negative result. this is exactly what today is all about. this is the first and so far only positive test result at this academy in stoke. this young lady has now been sent home. and the rest of the children who tested negative are back in class and the hope is they stay in class until the end of term. millions of children around the world have been forced out of education because of the pandemic. henrietta fore is a director of the un children s charity unicef. she says youngsters have been affected in a number of ways.
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