School staff at ‘no greater risk’ of Covid-19 infection than working-age adults

The findings come a week before all pupils in England are set to return to class after months of remote learning (PA)

School staff are not at a higher risk of Covid-19 infection than other working-age adults in their local communities, new figures from the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggest.

Around 14.99% of school staff tested positive for coronavirus antibodies in December, which indicate a past infection, lower than the estimate of 18.22% for working-age adults, according to a small study of schools.