Coronavirus forces UK to close schools

The UK government has made the decision to close schools indefinitely to prevent COVID-19 from spreading to the major centres.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the UK will close schools to most students by Friday. Source: Getty

With his country now counting 104 dead, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, announced that schools in the United Kingdom will shut their doors on Friday afternoon and will not open until further notice. The exemption to this rule are children that belong to vulnerable groups or whose parents work in essential services such as healt, police and transport. The schools will serve as childcare for these children while their parents are at work.

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