It& #39;s not too late but we must act now. Independent SAGE sets out plan to fix failing Test & Trace and answers your Qs on transmission in schools. With @theAliceRoberts. Latest figures from @chrischirp https://www.pscp.tv/w/cmFzwDFNV0V3TGxMek53UWJ8MWt2SnBldmt2clh4RQNHrhNrX902HXUQdsr_oyHjQDvN_TsNMvZTcltKsoRE">https://www.pscp.tv/w/cmFzwDF...
Welcome all, we are LIVE and @chrischirp is talking us through the week’s figures.
Test & trace is getting worse. We& #39;re reaching fewer people within 24 hours who& #39;ve had a positive test and we& #39;re reaching fewer contacts. Everything is slowing down.
As universities control outbreaks the numbers are declining but it& #39;s too early to say these cities have turned a corner
Cases are going up in all age groups. There& #39;s been a sharp increase in the last week of primary school children testing positive
60% of parents are worried about their children catching Covid-19. Almost half of all schools have been affected
The govt needs to urgently halt and reverse growth. It& #39;s not enough to slow it
Professor Anthony Costello: now is the time to do a circuit breaker @globalhlthtwit
@globalhlthtwit presents Independent SAGE& #39;s detailed blueprint to fix Find, Test, Trace & Isolate
Our first question is from Kate Green MP, Labour MP for Stretford & Urmston and Shadow Education Secretary: why are rates coming down in some schools but going up in primary schools?
& #39;There is secrecy at every level. Schools struggle to get data from the government, some head teachers are hiding information from teachers, and parents are operating by guesswork.& #39; Dr Terry Wrigley, education expert and editor of the academic journal, Improving schools
& #39;If you were pursuing a herd immunity policy you would send children into schools without masks. We should have insisted on masks in secondary schools from Day 1& #39; @globalhlthtwit
& #39;The situation in schools is exceedingly dangerous. For every tested case, there will be a number of pupils infected but showing no symptoms& #39;: Dr Terry Wrigley
& #39;In high infection areas, for pupils in secondary schools it& #39;s probably very necessary to have some degree of blended learning.& #39; Dr Terry Wrigley
It& #39;s a wrap! Thank you for joining us. Same time next week