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I couldn't access the government site but on the BBC news article (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-51643556) it doesn't list Lewisham and Lambeth as closing schools. Hard to imagine they will open schools when the surrounding ones are closed.

Yep - Lewisham ,Lambeth and guess what ? Greenwich all opening as usual .


IMO ,not quite "the overwhelming majority of primary schools will open as planned on Monday" as Gav stated ..


Annex A: List of local authorities where this guidance applies:

Barking and Dagenham

Barnet

Bexley

Brent

Bromley

Croydon

Ealing

Enfield

Hammersmith and Fulham

Havering

Hillingdon

Hounslow

Kensington and Chelsea

Merton

Newham

Richmond-Upon-Thames

Southwark

Sutton

Tower Hamlets

Waltham Forest

Wandsworth

Westminster

Brentwood

Epping Forest

Castle Point

Basildon

Rochford

Harlow

Chelmsford

Braintree

Maldon

Southend on Sea

Thurrock

Dartford

Gravesham

Sevenoaks

Medway

Ashford

Maidstone


Tonbridge and Malling

Tunbridge Wells

Swale

Hastings

Rother

Milton Keynes

Watford

Broxbourne

Hertsmere

Three Rivers

It looks bad, particularly in London but 50 out of 343 authorities delaying opening as planned seems to me ?the overwhelming majority?.


The children in the class mean all those households are mingling and if 1 in 3 carriers are asymptomatic that could mean the virus is transmitted to others who might get more serious symptoms. More vulnerable people will have been vaccinated when pupils return and hopefully the NHS capacity will recover slightly.


No one wants schools or businesses to close but if they don?t delay the return more people will die and the NHS will be overwhelmed. Or do nothing, the virus takes over and full lockdown is the only option.


Children need to run around wrap up and take them to Sydenham Hill Wood https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/nature-reserves/sydenham-hill-wood-and-coxs-walk

lameduck Wrote:

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> A friend of mine died from covid

> aged 69 she was not ill, fit healthy

> grandchildren bought it home from school

> they buried her a week before christmas



I'm very sorry to hear this, lameduck

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