UK medical chiefs say coronavirus risk at school smaller than damage of not going

They said “very few, if any” children and teenagers would come to long-term harm from the virus solely by attending school.

Children are more at risk of long-term harm if they do not attend school than if they return to the classroom despite coronavirus, the UK’s chief medical officers have warned.

In a joint statement issued ahead of the reopening of schools there next month, the advisers said children have an “exceptionally low risk of dying” from Covid-19.