Health
Schools could close again if tier system fails to halt spread of Covid-19, experts warns – Birmingham Live
Professor Neil Ferguson said older years in schools and sixth form colleges may have to shut if infections continue to rise
The government may be forced to close schools to older children if coronavirus cases continue to increase at the current rate, an expert has warned.
Professor Neil Ferguson, whose modelling led to the original coronavirus lockdown in March, said the NHS would soon be unable to cope unless the spread of the disease was stemmed.
He said there were currently 8,000 people in hospital with coronavirus around a third of the peak earlier this year and that numbers were continuing to rise.
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