By far the majority of British children will not go back to school till September. A top children’s doctor says the young people’s absence from school, and their parents’ fears, are causing far more harm than the ‘minimal’ risk that would come from their immediate return.

A top British doctor specialising in infectious diseases in children has called for the return of all children to school immediately. She says the risks are minimal compared with the dangers to them in their continuing absence from the school environment. Meanwhile a recently published study from Ireland showed that six children who had Covid-19 […]