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1. Rota system for secondary schools
Secondary schools in England have been informed they could have to show pupils in line with a rota, if native coronavirus instances rise, new authorities steerage reveals. Training Secretary Gavin Williamson says altering college attendance can be used solely as an “absolute final resort.” In the meantime, is transport a weak hyperlink in plans for a secure return to the lecture rooms?
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2. Winter plans revealed in leaked Sage report
A leaked authorities report suggests a “affordable worst case situation” of 85,000 deaths throughout the UK this winter resulting from Covid-19. Whereas extra restrictions may very well be re-introduced, schools would seemingly stay open, the doc suggests. Nonetheless, some are crucial of the modelling and say a few of it’s already old-fashioned.
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3. Steering ‘too late’ for weekend care dwelling visits
Many care properties are unlikely to permit indoor visits this weekend despite new steerage, an trade group has mentioned. Indoor visits have been allowed on Friday, a day sooner than beforehand introduced. Though the steerage was “well-intended”, it could have unrealistically “raised expectations” of fast modifications.
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4. Is it time for us to maneuver on?
Though the pattern in deaths and critical sickness within the UK continues to say no, it’s nonetheless summer season. The subsequent few weeks will likely be crucial in understanding whether or not transmission charges will rise sharply once more as schools and universities return and folks return to places of work and spend extra time indoors. The BBC’s medical editor Fergus Walsh explores whether or not we must always transfer on from Covid.
5. Storm hero pilot turns into funeral director
An airline pilot who was filmed battling to convey a airplane down in a storm three years in the past has give up the trade to grow to be a funeral director, after he misplaced his job earlier this 12 months when the pandemic halted international journey. Reasonably than discover one other function, William Barron opened a funeral dwelling in Derbyshire.
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