Professor Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, has said that the risks for children returning to school are very lowNo child who was not already profoundly ill has died of Covid-19 in Britain, a large study has indicated, with the researchers saying that the results should reassure parents as a new school term begins. The study looked at 260 hospitals in England, Wales and Scotland. Out of the 69,500 patients admitted with proven Covid-19 in the first six months of the year, 651 — or 0.9 per cent — were under 19 years of age. The other three were aged 15 to 18 years old and also had “profound health issues”. Calum Semple, professor in child health and outbreak medicine at the University of Edinburgh, who is the senior

Source: The Times August 27, 2020 23:04 UTC