{"id":43510,"date":"2020-12-14T11:50:39","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T11:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=43510"},"modified":"2020-12-14T11:50:39","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T11:50:39","slug":"mayor-of-london-calls-for-schools-in-london-to-slam-shut-early-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/mayor-of-london-calls-for-schools-in-london-to-slam-shut-early-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Of London Calls for Schools In London To Slam Shut Early For The Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called for schools in London to close early based on recent figures showing a large outbreak in Covid-19 cases among 10-19 year olds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Expressed in a letter to ministers, Mayor Khan made it clear that it was imperative for teenagers to get tested more than they are at present.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This all comes amidst schools in Greenwich being the first to move to a fully online teaching basis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Khan\u2019s idea however was opposed by a spokesman from the Department of education who said it was \u201cvital\u201d for students to attend schools until the end of the term.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Khan has expressed deep concern and figures can back up his reasons for such concerns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the Office of national statistics, between the 25th October 2020 and the 5th December 2020, there has been a steady increase in Covid rates of children from year 7-11.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Above is a graph showing the steady increase from October ending until now.<\/span><\/p>\n

This decreased over a couple of days during the second lockdown then began to rise again towards the end.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Amongst other age groups, there was a huge drop which then began to rise again after lockdown.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These figures show the impact of Covid-19 on teenagers may have been underestimated as they have been allowed to continue attending school.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sadiq Khan tried to make this obvious in his letter when he said testing had to be \u201curgently expanded\u201d to students.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Words: Michael Nathan<\/span><\/p>\n

Subbed: Michael Patcha<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called for schools in London to close early based on recent figures showing a large outbreak in Covid-19 cases among 10-19 year olds.\u00a0 Expressed in a letter to ministers,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":43512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,41,66,84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-education","category-health","category-london"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t