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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Require & fund schools and collages to adopt stronger covid 19 safety measures.

Adopt aduquate safety measures in line with Independent Sage's safe school report produced on 27th Nov 2020. To mitigate the risk to children, teachers and their families. COVID-19 can be fatal for some and the affects of long covid are still largely unknown

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Government should consider the recent further evidence available from ons, nhs and university's. Children are contracting coronavirus and bringing infection home and into the wider community. In order to provide education safely for all children, urgent further safety measures are required in education settings. Schools need more space, mechanical ventilation and aduquate technology for blended learning in order to allow for these changes. Many more recommedations all need more financial support

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

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