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Coronavirus: What does evidence say about schools reopening?
Health | Analysis 29 April 2020 By Clare Wilson Children may have low transmission rates of coronavirus, but there are still risks to reopening schoolsCultura Creative/AlamyAs coronavirus spread around the globe earlier this year, many countries closed their schools and nurseries to most children. Lockdown has rewritten almost every aspect of our lives, but for…
Health
| Analysis
29 April 2020
By Clare Wilson
Cultura Creative/Alamy
As coronavirus spread around the globe earlier this year, many countries closed their schools and nurseries to most children. Lockdown has rewritten almost every aspect of our lives, but for parents, one of the most striking changes is to be spending such unprecedented amounts of time cheek by jowl with their offspring.
With older children there may be battles over laptops, working space and wifi access, and the inevitable bugs of hastily devised online lessons. With younger ones, parents may literally be …
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