The COVID Diaries – 242 17th December
The government has announced that the return to secondary school in January in England will be staggered, with some pupils starting online rather than in class.
This is to allow schools to make preparations for mass Covid testing – which will offer school staff a test each week and a daily test for seven days for pupils in contact with a positive case.
The National Education Union said making the announcement right at the end of the school term showed “panic”.