Schools 'must be prioritised over pubs in future lockdowns', Children's Commissioner says
Schools must be prioritised over pubs and shops in in any future lockdowns, the Children’s Commissioner for England has warned.In a paper published today, Anne Longfield set out the actions needed to ensure children were 'at the heart' of future plans as she claimed children were an 'afterthought' during the first lockdown.In any future lockdown, national or local, schools should be the last places to be locked down, after pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops, she argued.It comes after a new modelling study implied that reopening schools in September must be combined with a high-coverage test-trace-isolate strategy to avoid a second wave of Covid-19 later this year.The briefing paper says that education 'should be prioritised over