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• New COVID-19 variant: updated guidance does not go far enough, says UNISON

  30-11-2021 17:34
  
  In the light of the new COVID-19 variant, the Department for Education has issued updated guidance on face coverings in schools.
  In primary schools, face coverings should be worn by staff and adults (including visitors) when moving around in corridors and communal areas.
  In secondary schools, face coverings should be worn by pupils, staff and adult visitors when moving around the premises outside of classrooms, such as in corridors and communal areas. Pupils should also continue to wear face cov
  
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• PPE shortcomings must be a key focus of public inquiry

  30-11-2021 01:19
  
  Commenting on a new report published today (Tuesday) by the group Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice into the issues that must be covered by the public inquiry into the pandemic response, UNISON general secretary Christina McAnea said:
  “Thousands of frontline health and care workers were infected with Covid-19 as they went about their vital work and far too many died.
  “Despite repeated calls for proper protection, many were left without the correct safety equipment that coul
  
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