Quarantine hotels set to be introduced to limit spread of coronavirus variants
Passengers arriving in England from high-risk coronavirus hotspots look set to be made to quarantine in hotels to limit the spread of new variants. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will discuss the proposals – designed to ensure people follow self-isolation rules – with senior ministers at the “Covid Operations” committee on Tuesday. Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi warned that the country needs to be “very careful” as new strains emerge, and said an announcement on the quarantine plans would be made later. He told Sky News: “There will be an announcement on this issue later on today, so I can only say to you that it is the right thing to do, because I am the Vaccines Minister, that as we vaccinate more of the adult population, if there are new variants like the South African or the Brazilian variants, we need to be very careful.
Prime Minister to make new Covid announcements on Tuesday evening
Tough new travel rules are expected along with an education update
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Transmission of Covid-19 in primary schools was “extremely low” and outbreaks were rare during the autumn, Public Health England (PHE) has said.
The latest study found a “very low risk” of infection in both students and staff in primary schools after pupils in England returned to class from September.
But the paper concludes that similar studies are needed in secondary schools and universities where the risks of infection are likely to be different.
Dr Shamez Ladhani, a PHE consultant paediatrician and study lead, said: “Evidence gathered from primaries during the autumn term suggests transmission in primary schools is extremely low and outbreaks are rare.
Parents will be given two weeksâ notice before pupils return
Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Covid-19). Picture date: Tuesday January 26, 2021. (Justin Tallis/PA) Boris Johnson has said parents and schools will be given two weeks’ notice before pupils return to class. The Prime Minister said the Government will “look at” the idea of reopening schools in areas where the virus is less prevalent, but he added that it was “pretty much a national picture at the moment”. Pupils in schools and colleges in England, except children of key workers and vulnerable pupils, were told to learn remotely as part of the latest lockdown.