Britain recorded nearly 55,000 new cases of coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he would impose tougher restrictions on England shortly to curb a rapidly escalating pandemic and indicated that secondary schools may not reopen this month.Few local authorities and unions have warned against reopening schools and have threatened to act against government advice.
Others say closures also have a big negative impact on students.Also Read | A year on, China is shaking up the worldCases of coronavirus have risen sharply in Britain in recent weeks, fuelled by a new and more transmissible variant of the killer virus.