said on Monday that closing schools this Friday would minimise children’s exposure to the virus, especially in light of the highly transmissible Omicron variantLatest figures show the incidence of Covid-19 is highest among primary school aged children.announced last week that it was closing schools early due to the threat posed by the Omicron variant, while the UK government said it will only close schools early in the event of a public health emergency.
Some principals here, meanwhile, say they expect many parents will opt to keep their children at home next week.
Oh no the poor teachers will not like this, they actually have to work for once HEHEHE
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Calls for early closure of schools before ChristmasA professor of immunology at Dublin City University has said it would be sensible to close schools on Friday to give the best chance of limiting the spread of Covid-19 and to ensure schools reopen in January. FergalBowers Once again TodaywithClaire is trying to dictate the national agenda, pure cheek and scaremongering, none of these people are elected to govern and should butt out! coming out of a 17 day lockdown due to young baby having covid. 6 cases in my senior infants class. not sending him back. if he gets it hes not allowed out until after new years. close them now. not fair on kids Agree with closure or move online, but still nothing is being done to make schools safer in January. If drop in cases over break then schools open under false pretences and soon another surge in mid Jan. Need to use hols to install filters, reinstate testing & mask policy.
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