Schools should conduct weekly coronavirus tests to open in September, says the Children’s Commissioner. But ministers dismissed the suggestion as Boris Johnson set himself on a collision course with teachers and union leaders over the planned reopening of classrooms next month.
Britain recorded its highest daily increase in infections since June yesterday – 1,062. It is the first time the figure has gone above 1,000 for two months, and 304 higher than the 758 new cases reported on Saturday.
Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, claimed testing staff and pupils should be “part and parcel of what running a safe school within these very difficult times means.” She said the tests should be carried out regularly “and that