Coronavirus – The Latest: Is the decision to keep schools shut political?

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In this episode: The vast majority of England’s children remain at home, but how dangerous is a return to the classroom? Is education falling prey to attempts to fire up the economy? And would a cross-party consensus on the matter help Britain’s children?

The Telegraph’s Associate Editor, Camilla Tominey joins Theodora Louloudis to discuss when a nation of parents can hang up their homeschooling hats.

Read more about ‘support bubbles’: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/06/10/support-bubbles-mean-adults-living-alone-can-join-another-household/

Read more on why the UK economy is world’s biggest Covid-19 casualty: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/06/10/uk-economy-worlds-biggest-covid-19-casualty-oecd-warns/

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In This Story: COVID-19

Covid-19 is the official WHO name given to the novel coronavirus which broke out in late 2019 and began to spread in the early months of 2020.

Symptoms of coronavirus

The main symptoms of coronavirus are:

  • a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)
  • a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)
  • shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)

Latest News about Covid-19

Below are stories from around the globe related to the 2020 outbreak of novel Coronavirus – since the WHO gave the Covid-19 naming. Most recent items are posted nearest the top.

5 Recent Items: COVID-19

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In This Story: OECD

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.

2 Recent Items: OECD

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