A ‘Safe Schools’ policy for re-opening education as soon as possible and mitigating the harms of closure
This paper proposes a ‘safe schools policy’ aimed at mitigating the harms of school closure,...
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Month: January 2021
Kit yates writes in the huffington post about the need for tighter border controls
‘Until recently, our borders haven’t been the focus of much attention, but they are and will continue to be one of the most important weapons we have in the fight against Covid.’ Dr Kit Yates makes the case for better supervision of arriving travellers in the Huffington Post. Read full article here
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DR Zubaida Haque interviewed on BBC newsnight about the need to support people to self-isolate
“The way we stop transmission is to get people self-isolated… people in deprived areas and low-paid jobs, Black and Ethnic Minority people, have been less likely to be able to afford to self-isolate.” Dr Zubaida Haque tells Emily Maitlis on BBC Newsnight that people have had to make difficult choices between going to unsafe jobs and putting food on the table. Watch a clip here
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Christina pagel interviewed on channel 4 news about new lockdown
‘The minimum is to go back to where we were in March, which means closing schools, closing universities, don’t leave home, but that on its own is not enough.’ Professor Christina Pagel speaks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy of Channel 4 News about the need to protect essential workers and to pay them to isolate where necessary. Watch a clip here
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Kit Yates talks to BBC World about the new lockdown
Kit Yates reacts live to Boris Johnson’s announcement of a new stringent lockdown for...
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