Coronavirus: London closes all …

The United Kingdom will close all primary schools in the capital for two weeks, London, with the aim of containing the expansion of the coronavirus in the region.

The government has accepted requests from 10 parts of London where closures were not planned, the British newspaper reported The Guardian, who clarified that the main teachers’ union has called for the closure of schools across the country after four consecutive days with more than 50,000 infections per day.

“What’s right for London is good for the whole country,” said National Education Union (NEU) Secretary General Mary Bous.

For the NEU, all primary and secondary schools should be closed for another two weeks after the end of the school holidays.

Meanwhile, school principals have started lawsuit to force ministers to reveal data behind decision to reopen some schools Monday, according to the British BBC network.

The National Association of Chief Teachers (NAHT) has called for all schools take learning home for a “short and fixed period for most children”.

Additionally, he said they will issue guidelines for principals advising them not to take action against staff who refuse to return to work because they feel unsafe. Labor accused the government of “creating chaos” for parents.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson on Friday announced that all primary schools in London would remain closed on Monday, overturning the decision to keep only schools closed in certain districts.

He said the closures were a last resort in a rapidly changing situation.

According to the President of the Royal College of Physicians, Professor Andrew Goddard, the new highly infectious variant of the coronavirus is spreading across the country at high speed: “All the hospitals that have not been subjected to the strong pressures felt in the south-east , in London and South Wales should await its introduction. “

Williamson said in mid-December that all primary school pupils in England would return in January, while the return of secondary schools and universities would be gradual to give them time to establish massive testing programs.

But on Wednesday, the Ministry of Education delayed the start of the course for all secondary schoolsas well as for some elementary schools where the coronavirus hits the hardest.

Two days later, after pressure from local authorities, he extended the closure of primary schools to all of London.

Means that over a million elementary school students will now learn from home for at least the first two weeks of the term.

The most vulnerable students and children of essential workers will continue to attend school, the government said, adding that childcare services and special schools will remain open.