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Covid-19: England calls on retired teachers for reinforcement

2022-01-04T10:43:08.221Z


The children resumed Tuesday, January 4 the way to school in England, a return for which the authorities fearing an increase in ...


The children resumed Tuesday, January 4 the way to school in England, a return for which the authorities fearing an increase in contamination and a lack of teachers, called for retired teachers to come as reinforcements.

Read alsoCovid-19: the school challenged to stand up to Omicron

To avoid spreading the coronavirus, middle school and high school students are tested in their establishments in England on Tuesday and must wear masks in class.

In Northern Ireland, they are urged to carry out this test at home, with each British nation deciding on its own health measures.

Face-to-face teaching will continue to be the expected norm

,” Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Twitter.

"

Critical incidents

"

The surge in coronavirus cases linked to the highly contagious Omicron variant is reflected in absenteeism causing dysfunctions in several sectors. Tuesday, the first working day of the year, the day after a public holiday that extended the school holidays, staff shortages disrupted the railway network. On the health service side, the NHS, at least six hospitals have declared "

critical incidents

", meaning that the situation could affect priority care.

"

If the NHS is affected, if retail is affected, if sporting events are affected, it's hard to see why you schools and colleges wouldn't be facing the same staff shortage issues

," said worried Geoff Barton, secretary general of the Association of School and College Leaders.

Read also In England, absences due to Covid-19 double in a month in hospital

The UK is one of the hardest hit countries with nearly 149,000 deaths from the pandemic.

The country is facing an explosion of contaminations (nearly 158,000 cases in England and Scotland reported on Monday) attributed to Omicron.

On Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the pressure on the public health service and hospitals would be "

considerable over the next two weeks, and possibly more

."

However, for the time being, he ruled out imposing new restrictions in addition to teleworking and wearing the mask already in place, relying on screening and a massive vaccine booster marathon campaign which, according to him, made it possible to administer a additional dose in 76% of adults.

Source: lefigaro

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