Schools currently have social distancing rules in place to try and keep children apart as much as possible and prevent them sharing things like pens and pencils (Pictured: Pupils at Watlington Primary School in Oxfordshire)Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured during a visit to a school in Kent this week, has said all schools in England will reopen normally from SeptemberPrimary schools in Britain have been allowed to reopen to certain year groups and are run in 'bubbles' of teachers assigned to certain classes.Secondary schools, however, have had to remain closed since lockdown was imposed in March and will not reopen until September.From the start of the school year, all schools in England are set to reopen as normal and attendance will be mandatory again as it is in normal times.Evidence has grown during the course of the pandemic that children are very rarely affected by Covid-19 and it is even more rare that they die from the illness.Data shows children have an almost non-existent chance of dying of Covid-19 and scientific evidence, although still in early stages, suggests youngsters are also less likely to get sick at all or to spread it.Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine published a study in June that found only two in 10 children with coronavirus have any symptoms of it.They saw that under-20s are half as likely to become sick with Covid-19 as over-70s, and only 21 per cent of infected 10 to 19-year-olds had symptoms.In comparison, the rate of symptoms among over-70s — the group most vulnerable to the disease — was three times higher at 69 per cent. Coronaviruses are thought to cause up to 30 per cent of all colds but it is not known specifically how many are caused by the betacoronavirus types, which also cause severe chest infections in the oldest and youngest patients. 'Scientists cannot say why children seem to have some level of natural protection from COVID-19.There have been suggestions that it because they don't have as much age-related lung damage or ill health, or because they have considerably lower rates of illnesses which increase the risk of complications, such as diabetes and high blood pressure.Professor Edmunds, who is a member of SAGE, the group of scientists advising the government, today told members of the Lords: 'It is unusual that children don't seem to play much of a role in transmission because for most respiratory viruses and bacteria they play a central role, but in this they don't seem to. Either way, the article has NOT claimed that teachers has contracted Covid 19 whilst working. "Unions and experts have warned of a crisis facing schools, with too few new teachers qualifying and many leaving the profession in recent years.The NFER report, which examined data prior to the effects of the lockdown, points to serious shortages of secondary school teachers in subjects including maths, foreign languages, and sciences.But it says numbers applying for initial teacher training for normally popular subjects, including English and Geography, had fallen below half the target in 2018-2019.The report states that 6.5% of high school teaching posts were vacant in 2018-2019, up from 5.2% in 2010-2011, with some subjects getting fewer than 10 applications for a job in 2018-2019.Mr Worth said: "With pupil numbers projected to increase over the next five years, a continued decline in teacher numbers could lead to increasing pupil-teacher ratios, and potentially teacher shortages. Student placements in schools stopped on 16 March 2020, when strict social distancing measures came into force, and changes have been made to help newly qualified teachers get jobs come the new term.But Welsh Government guidance to schools said they had a "responsibility to deliver" placements, which were "fundamental to successfully ensuring student teachers receive high-quality training". 'He needs to address as a matter of urgency the many practical and logistical issues that have been raised by teachers and headteachers across the country. PM 'plans to spend break re-reading Roman philosopher...Mother drowns in front of her son and his friend after jumping into the sea to save pair as they struggled...£750k-a-year sales executive wins sex discrimination claim against 'old boys network' after male bosses...Ghislaine Maxwell's British ex-PA Emmy Tayler, 45, 'has left UK' in wake of former boss's US arrest - amid...We weren't expecting that, Mr Bond!
'The idea that children don't transmit the virus as much as adults has gained traction in recent months as scientists have been able to study where Covid-19 spreads the most.Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine published a study in June that found only two in 10 children with coronavirus have any symptoms of it.They saw that under-20s are half as likely to become sick with Covid-19 as over-70s, and only 21 per cent of infected 10 to 19-year-olds had symptoms.In comparison, the rate of symptoms among over-70s — the group most vulnerable to the disease — was three times higher at 69 per cent.
Reasons for children's apparent resilience to the disease are still unclear, despite a wave of trials devoted to unraveling the truth on the contentious topic.Top researchers say their immune system may be faster to react or their bodies better able to cope with viral infections because they are younger.
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"There's always pupils there to teach, so it's kind of recession proof. 'It may well be able to provide some protection against this pathogen when it arrives. Coronavirus: Pupils in Wales back in school full-time in September Teacher recruitment shortfall needs action - regulator
Nearly half of teachers say they are unprepared and only one in five feel safe. "Miss Thomas, who starts her first job as a Welsh medium religious education teacher in September, added it had been a challenge having her second placement cut short during lockdown and moving straight to online learning.