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Decision to relax self-isolation rules requires greater support for schools, Scotland's teachers urge
A message to self-isolate, with ten days of required self-isolation remaining, is displayed on the NHS coronavirus contact tracing app on a mobile phone

TEACHERS’ leaders in Scotland called today for more action to make schools safe from the highly infectious omicron Covid variant.

The NASUWT union said that there was a desperate need for more resources such as air filtration systems and that simply leaving windows open in winter was no answer.

The union added that action was needed to ensure compliance with measures such as physical distancing and good hygiene because enforcement measures have been relaxed since the first wave of the pandemic last year.

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