UK prepares for schools reopening amid soaring COVID infections
The United Kingdom’s government has pledged to rush ventilation units and enough COVID-19 test kits to schools to ensure they can reopen later this week despite soaring infection rates fuelled by the Omicron variant. Secondary school students in England will be required to wear face masks when they return to classes after the Christmas holidays and they could also face merged classes amid staffing shortages. Despite the surge in COVID-19 infections, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resisted imposing new restrictions in England, instead looking to a ramped-up booster vaccination programme to control the spread of Omicron. Elsewhere across Europe, schools were also preparing for another new term overshadowed by the global pandemic or already reopening. Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands reports from London, UK. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #COVID19 #Omicron #EuropeSchools
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