rules change to exempt all fully vaccinated adults from isolation. thank you very much, jonathan. if you are affected, let me know in what way you are exempt from self isolation. are you not exempt and think you should be because you are a critical worker? let me know, you can send me an e mail victoria at the sign bbc.co.uk.? daily lateral flow testing for pupils may be equally as effective as class bubbles to control transmission in schools that s according to a study by oxford university. one of the government s scientific advisers, susan hopkins, welcomed the study staying it was evidence of a safe alternative to the policy of isolation. our health correspondent, naomi grimley has more. the isolating of bubbles in schools has caused no end of frustration in households during this pandemic. take last week, for example, the department for education says on 15thjuly, over a million state school pupils in england did not attend class for covid 19 related reasons.
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.
new cases per day in the last week. there are more than 4500 people in hospital with coronavirus. and 96 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. 35,670 people have received a first dose of a vaccine in the latest 24 hour period. over 46 million people have now had theirfirstjab that s 88% of the adult population. and over 36 million people are now fully vaccinated 68.8% of all uk adults. more than a million children in england did not attend classes in school last week because of reasons to do with coronavirus. official figures show around one in seven state school pupils were absent. that s the highest number since children returned to classrooms in march this year. plans to introduce vaccine passports as a legal requirement to enter nightclubs in england have been
let s ta ke let s take a look at the latest government data. the figures show 46,558 new infections in the latest 24 hour period which means an average of 47,438 new cases per day in the last week. there are more than 4,500 people in hospital with coronavirus and 96 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours 35,670 people have received a first dose of a vaccine in the latest 24 hour period. over 46 million pople have now had theirfirstjab that s 88% of the adult population. and over 36 million people are now fully vaccinated 68.8% of all uk adults. staying on the story of the pandemic. more than a million children in england did not attend classes in school last week because of reasons to do with coronavirus. official figures show around one in seven state school pupils were absent. that s the highest number since children returned to classrooms in march this year.
the department for education estimates that 3.3% of state school pupils, approximately 239,000 children in england, did not attend class for covid related reasons last week almost three times the number from the previous week.for many parents and pupils it is back to remote learnings to remote learning, and increasing anxiety about how much more time will be missed in school. i believe the impact is absolutely huge. she s now had three national lockdowns and five periods of enforced self isolation. she s in year ten so she s at a crucial stage in her education. remote learning and home learning packs for children are an incredibly poor substitute for being in a classroom with a teacher and your peers. teaching unions says the situation is schools could rapidly return to peaks seen eearlier in the pandemic, and the government needs to come up with a plan for september. the people who are leading our schools and colleges