Schools, colleges and nurseries across the UK are to close on Friday for an unspecified period of time, in an effort to stem the high spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the government announced.
Children of ‘‘key workers’’ and vulnerable children will be exempted from the measure.
The decision followed the announcements of blanket school closures by Scotland and Wales, while thousands of schools in England have already taken unilaterally similar measures. Soon after, Northern Ireland ann…
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