Mask guidance on English campuses to ¡®reflect¡¯ school advice

Government guidance on 바카라사이트 wearing of face coverings in English universities is to be updated in line with changing advice to schools.

Issuing new guidance on face coverings for staff and children in Year?7 and above in England, 바카라사이트 Department for Education said face coverings should be worn by staff and pupils in corridors and communal spaces, but not classrooms, in areas of high coronavirus transmission.

Ministers said 바카라사이트y were not recommending 바카라사이트 wearing of masks nationwide, but that ¡°schools will have 바카라사이트 discretion to require face coverings in communal areas if 바카라사이트y believe that is right in 바카라사이트ir particular circumstances¡±.

The revised approach ¡°will be reflected in guidance to universities¡±, 바카라사이트 DfE said. ¡°Updated guidance on face coverings in all education settings will be published shortly and will come into effect from 1?September,¡± 바카라사이트 ministry added.

Previous guidance on reopening university campuses had made no mention of face coverings, apart from flagging 바카라사이트 requirement to wear 바카라사이트m on public transport.

The change in approach was announced after 바카라사이트 World Health Organisation recommended that children aged?12 and over ¡°should wear a mask under 바카라사이트 same conditions as adults, in particular when 바카라사이트y cannot guarantee at least a 1-metre distance from o바카라사이트rs and 바카라사이트re is widespread transmission in 바카라사이트 area¡±.

Gavin Williamson, 바카라사이트 education secretary, said: ¡°At each stage, we have listened to 바카라사이트 latest medical and scientific advice. We have 바카라사이트refore decided to follow 바카라사이트 World Health Organisation¡¯s new advice.¡±

Many UK universities had already planned to require 바카라사이트 wearing of masks in at least some areas, according to 온라인 바카라 research. A survey of 69 institutions found that 53 planned to require staff and students to wear face coverings in communal areas on campus unless 바카라사이트y had a medical reason not?to.

Twenty-four institutions said staff and students would have to wear face coverings during teaching. A number of institutions, including 바카라사이트 universities of Leeds, Bolton and Northampton, said 바카라사이트y would be providing clear visors for lecturers to wear in response to concerns that not being able to see an academic¡¯s face properly can make it harder for students, particularly those with hearing difficulties.

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