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School closures still ‘last resort’ despite variants: WHO – Study International News
School closures should only be a last resort as research looks into whether the new COVID-19 variants affect children differently, said WHO.
School closures should only be a last resort while research is under way into whether the new coronavirus variants affect children differently, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday.
The debate on shutting schools during the pandemic has been revived by the emergence of more contagious virus mutations.
The WHO said research had begun looking at the factors that may put children at risk, the long-term health effects on those infected, and the impact of new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the…
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