Nicola Sturgeon insists schools in Scotland must stay open even in level 4 lockdown areas
dailyrecord.co.ukNicola Sturgeon has insisted the benefits of schools staying open “outweigh” their impact on the spread of coronavirus.The First Minister outlined the details of a new report from Public Health Scotland, which found three-quarters of all schools did not report a single case of Covid-19 in the first nine weeks of this term.In total, 1,621 pupils tested positive for the virus during that period, the equivalent of 0.2% of the total cohort.Scotland's largest teaching union has already threatened industrial action if teachers are forced to continue to work in council areas with the highest rates of Covid transmission.Speaking at her daily media briefing, Sturgeon accepted there were "concerns" about the virus spreading through classrooms.But she.
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