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Most pupils in England are due back in primary school after the Christmas break this week - but many parents are deciding they feel safer keeping them at home.
Some primaries in London and parts of the South East are staying closed for two weeks due to the fast-spreading new strain of the virus.
Speaking on Sunday, he said the risk to children was very, very low and the benefit of education was so huge .
He told BBC One s Andrew Marr Show: If you think about the history of the pandemic, we ve kept schools going for a long, long time in areas where the pandemic has really been at really high levels.