Covid-19 UK schools must return to 'normal pre-pandemic' experience

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mni4nIMqoM"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]we've got the capacity to be able to deliver vaccinations for children as well as deliver a booster program so it's not an either or it's a situation about making sure that we combat this virus as best as possible and we're ready if we get the the get go from jcvi we're ready to uh the nhs which has been so successful in rolling out this program of vaccination is ready to go into schools and deliver that vaccination program for children we're doing the testing program and we're encouraging you know children to take part in it parents and of course teachers and support staff themselves because this is how we can catch covid and we've seen over 70 million tests delivered in terms of schools and colleges over the last few months and actually this is a way of rooting out covid and you did see it was successful in terms of identifying covert cases but what we are trying to do is we're trying to strike that constant sensible balance of actually giving children as normal experience in the classroom as possible but also recognizing we're still dealing with a global pandemic the biggest thing that we can actually do in terms of actually helping schools get back to normal of course has been the vaccination program and the vaccination program is there to give people the protection and the confidence to go back to their normal lives and that's the success of it that's why unlike in march where we had to have so many more restrictions as children go back in september you know they can have that normal school experience again that we want for all our children you<br><!-- wp:image {"id":1776,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} -->rn<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img class="wp-image-1776" src="https://en.videoencontexto.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Covid19_UK_schools_must_return_to_normal_prepandemic_experience_4mni4nIMqoM.jpg" alt="Covid-19 UK schools must return to \'normal pre-pandemic\' experience" /></figure>rn<!-- /wp:image -->[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]