Coronavirus: Leicester schoolchildren kept at home in local lockdown
School pupils in Leicester are being kept at home once again, after the city was made subject to the UK's first local lockdown.
He said although children were at low risk of serious harm from Covid-19, they can spread the infection.The tighter restrictions are also affecting schools outside the lockdown area, with pupils told to stay away if they live within the affected area. Paul Galvin, head teacher of St Luke's Primary School in Thurnby, said:"It might be difficult for families who are inside the lockdown zone - as we are just outside the boundary - especially if they are not children of critical workers.
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