Posted on 09/10/2021 3:33:21 PM PDT by george76
Pupils in the same class as a positive Covid case "will not routinely be asked to isolate and book a test", ministers have said.
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The move brings Northern Ireland into line with England, Scotland and Wales.
Teaching unions had called for the move
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Low risk..
Studies have shown that the overall risk of children becoming severely ill or dying from Covid is extremely low.
Mr Swann and Ms McIlveen also said that there was evidence that the "vast majority of those identified as school close contacts and sent home to isolate during the 2020/21 school year did not go on to develop Covid-19".
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No longer justified'..
Dr Joanne McClean from the PHA said Covid-19 was now posing a greater risk to children's education than to their health.
"Covid is a mild illness for the vast majority of children," she told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster programme.
"Children are not, by and large, being harmed by Covid. Children are being harmed by missing school."
Dr McClean said schools had been "majorly disrupted" over the past two years and at this point, there was a need to balance the impact on children's education with the need to control Covid-19 infection rates.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Some bright spots of light coming from across the pond. Is this what it felt like to live in Germany in the 1940s?
I saw the headline, and wondered how my right pupil would self-isolate from my left. Look wall-eyed?
Denmark Lifts All Covid Restrictions, Including Requirement That People Show Proof of Vaccination – Virus No Longer Considered ‘Socially Critical Disease’
By Cristina Laila, Published September 10, 2021 at 4:04pm
Denmark lifted all Covid restrictions, including the requirement that people show proof of vaccination to enter venues.
Government officials lifted the restrictions on Friday and said Covid is no longer considered a ‘socially critical disease.’
Denmark’s Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said the “epidemic is under control” but cautioned it is still not over and threatened to reimpose Covid restrictions.
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