‘Huge Numbers’ of UK Schoolchildren Refusing to Wear Masks: Union

‘Huge Numbers’ of UK Schoolchildren Refusing to Wear Masks: Union
Students are seen wearing masks in class. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images
Alexander Zhang
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“Huge numbers” of British schoolchildren are refusing to wear masks in classrooms in line with government guidance, a union official has said.

In its latest guidance issued on Jan. 2, the UK Department for Education (DfE) recommended that secondary school pupils in England should wear face coverings inside classrooms to slow the spread of the Omicron variant of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. Before that, masks were already recommended in outdoor communal areas and corridors.