He emphasized that it is a social, economic and moral imperative
Following in Trump's footsteps, Johnson calls for schools to open in September
Boris Johnson: "Schools will be the last to close in any future closures."
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the reopening of schools next September is a social, economic and moral necessity, stressing that it will be able to resume and open its doors safely despite the continuing threat of the emerging coronavirus (Covid-19).
Johnson's comments came as a repeat of another made by US President Donald Trump, who last month called for the reopening of schools in the fall. It also comes after a study that warned earlier this month that Britain faces the risk of a second wave of "Covid-19" in the winter that will be twice greater than the outbreak. The first is if schools open their doors without a developed system for examinations and case tracking.
"Reopening schools is a national priority," Johnson wrote in The Mail on Sunday. Another newspaper quoted him as saying at a meeting that schools will be the last to close in any future closures as part of local general isolation measures.
Schools were closed in England last March during a national general isolation, with the exception of children of workers in basic fields, and they reopened last June to a small number of students.
Johnson warned that the economic costs incurred by parents who are unable to work as schools are closed are increasing, and that the country faces major problems if children miss their education.
He continued: “The pandemic is not over. The last thing any of us can bear is to become indolent, but now that we know enough to reopen schools for all students safely, we have a moral duty to do so.