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Government urged to support teachers after stats reveal school staff more likely to catch Covid than other workers
children wearing facemasks during a lesson at Outwood Academy in Woodlands, Doncaster
EDUCATION union NEU called on the government today to do more to support teachers after new stats revealed that school staff were 37 per cent more likely to catch Covid-19 than other workers.
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed people working in the education sector continued to be more likely to test positive for Covid-19 in comparison with other working adults in the fortnight ending November 28. School staff were up to 1.5 times more likely to test positive for Covid-19.
The ONS’s survey claims the higher risk was likely down to the recent high infection levels among school-aged children, with these levels remaining consistent since September.
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