Teachers' unions to meet department on Covid concerns

Teaching union officials are due to meet with the Department of Education on Thursday to discuss the level of infection among five to 12-year-olds and plans for safeguarding schools for the remainder of the school term. File picture

The National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has defended the decision to cease contact tracing in schools for asymptomatic children amid the ongoing high daily numbers of Covid cases.

Teaching union officials are due to meet with the Department of Education on Thursday to discuss the level of infection among five to 12-year-olds and plans for safeguarding schools for the remainder of the school term.