University of Manchester, said: "I can't talk for all areas, but what I've seen happening generally is that as there has been an increase in the community, there has been increase in school cases.
I'm not aware of any major outbreaks that have been in schools."Most of the ones I've heard about are just related to an increase of cases in the community."Back in August, as the Prime Minister insisted he wanted all schools to reopen in September, government medical officers said that although transmission does occur in schools, it's 'probably not a common route' for it to spread - and 'it may be lower in primary age children than secondary age children'.Recent events have backed that up, says Dr Catt."It does seem that children under 11 do not.