Boris Johnson has abandoned advice that pupils should not wear face masks in English secondary schools.
The prime minister performed his latest U-turn in the face of growing pressure from headteachers, teaching unions and medical experts.
Face coverings will be mandatory for children in all schools that lie in areas subject to stricter coronavirus restrictions. But while headteachers will retain discretion over the use of face masks in schools in other parts of England, the government will drop guidance that they should not be used. It comes after the Welsh government announced it was to review whether children should wear face coverings in schools after Scottish pupils were told to put on masks in corridors.Wales' health minister Vaughan Gething had asked a scientific advisory group to consider the current guidance for the nation's schools, which are due to return next week.
That came hours after the Scottish government revealed secondary school pupils in Scotland would have to wear face coverings when moving through corridors and other communal areas from next Monday.
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