Latest editorial
Schools are not safe to reopen on Monday, scientists warn as government refuses to backtrack
A report by the Independent Sage committee finds the government’s own model for reopening schools shows infection rate could increase
Year 6 teacher Jane Cooper uses a 2 meter length of ruler and pipe to check seat spacings in her classroom
SCHOOL reopenings on Monday will not be safe, a group of Britain’s top scientists warned today as the government refused to backtrack from its decision.
A report by the Independent Sage committee, finalised over the last week, has found that the government’s own modelling of reopening schools shows that the R value — the infection’s ability to spread — rising above critical level of one.
The most recent estimates for Britain place the R value between 0.7 and one, and all the scenarios modelled by the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) risk pushing R beyond that threshold, the report says.
Similar stories
