Dödligt virus från Kina orsakar panik (SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19)

Are schools safe? It depends on whether there is community transmission. This is the root problem which must be addressed first, before schools can reopen.

"If we suppress the virus in our society, in our communities, then our schools can open safely."

Coronavirus infections could grow "out of control" in the UK with a second spike leading to 120,000 deaths in a "reasonable worst-case scenario", ministers have been warned.
The forecast counts the number of people who could die in hospitals before next June and comes from a report commissioned by Sir Patrick Vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser, released by the Academy of Medical Sciences.
It suggests a second spike could be more serious than the first, with the R rate - the average number of people someone with COVID-19 passes the virus on to - rising to 1.7 from September.
The current R number in the UK is 0.7-0.9.
A rising R number would likely see the UK go back into lockdown, given ministers have warned they will reimpose emergency measures if the R rate rises above one.
The 37 scientists and academics behind the report said the peak in hospital admissions and deaths could come in January and February 2021.