LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said reopening schools in September was a social, economic and moral imperative and insisted they would be able to operate safely despite the ongoing threat from the pandemic.
Writing in the Mail on Sunday, Mr Johnson said restarting schools was a national priority. Schools would be the last places to close in future local lockdowns, he was quoted by another newspaper as telling a meeting on Thursday . The government wants all pupils to return to school by early September in what Mr Johnson has called a"national priority".
The economic costs for parents who cannot work if schools are shut are spiralling, and the country faces big problems if children miss out on education, the Prime Minister warned.
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