Children must not hug friends or have play dates inside homes, minister urges
Children must not hug their friends or have play dates inside their homes, an education minister has urged.Celebrities Ant and Dec asked Vicky Ford, minister for children and families, a series of questions from pupils in a virtual assembly on the worries that young people are facing due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The stars read out primary school pupils’ queries about home learning, coronavirus testing, social distancing and whether Christmas will be postponed as part of the special NSPCC assembly to thousands of families.Ms Ford told children that everyone still had a vital role to play in reducing the risk of spreading the virus, adding that following the rules would help get life back to normal as quickly as possible.Addressing pupils as