UK Schools Should Be ‘First to Open, Last to Close’ in Any Future Lockdown

Children walk home from Altrincham C.E. aided primary school after the government's policy to close all schools due to the CCP virus pandemic in Altrincham, United Kingdom, on March 20, 2020. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

Children’s well-being and education should be put first in any future UK lockdowns, England’s Children’s Commissioner said in a briefing for ministers on Wednesday.

In order to keep schools open, pubs and non-essential shops should be closed instead to limit the spread of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus if cases of infection begin to rise again, Anne Longfield said.