Covid in Cumbria: Schools demand masks as cases rise

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Schools in Cumbria demand masks as Covid cases rise

Some secondary schools saw 4,000 coronavirus cases of Covid per 100,000 in the Allerdale council area last weekHealth bosses are reviewing whether to introduce the move across Cumbria, which goes against the national guidelines for England.

It was announced last week siblings of positive children in the county were told to isolate to try to reduce infection rates.Colin Cox said Cumbria was seeing the highest levels ever, but only among youngsters "There are certainly schools in Cumbria where people have gone back to wearing face coverings in communal areas and classrooms because of the outbreaks we've seen - but we haven't put that in place as standard."In the seven days to Sunday cases of Covid-19 continued to increase, with Allerdale seeing 663 cases per 100,000 people, an increase from 529 per 100,000 the previous week.

 

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Mandate masks in all schools in areas where covid prevalence is high. Hand over test and tracing to local authorities...and jail this rogue and irresponsible government.

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