Coronavirus: is it safe to reopen schools?

Researchers are divided over the risk posed by Covid-19 to children

French schoolchildren wearing protective masks
Schoolchildren wearing protective masks and face shields in France
(Image credit: Photo by Damien Meyer/AFP via Getty Images)

Downing Street is drawing up plans for the reopening of schools in England from next month following the coronavirus shutdown.

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