North’s Minister for Health expresses concern amid rise in Covid-19 cases

, in north Belfast, said in a letter to parents and guardians that students would not be allowed into class without a mask.

“The guidance is designed to ensure the safe operation of the school and to protect all members of our community, particularly those who are vulnerable,” she said. Ms Woods told the BBC that a number of factors had been taken into account in the decision, including the advice on face coverings from the North’s chief scientific adviser, and that the school had noted “with interest the decision taken by schools in the Republic of Ireland to make the wearing of face masks there mandatory”.

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