Schools Gets Shut Down As Corona Virus Persists

Schools could be closed for a month as coronavirus crisis deepens

Boris Johnson will chair a meeting of Cobra on Thursday when he is expected to reveal measures to contain the virus

Teachers have been told to prepare home learning kits for pupils as it emerged schools could be closed for a month as the coronavirus crisis deepens.

On Thursday Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair a meeting of Cobra, it is expected to sign off moving the UK to the next phase of fighting coronavrus - switching from contain to delay.

Now Covid-19 has breached containment teachers across the country have been told to prepare packs so pupils can learn at home, reports The Mirror.

Schools are also drawing up lists of which students do and don't have internet access at home so work can be set and completed remotely.

The closure on March 20 would continue through the Easter holiday - meaning schools could be shut for four weeks.

The Government may consider shortening the Easter break, or cancelling May half-term, in a bid to make up the lost learning days.

Workers are expected to go into schools during the shutdown to perform deep cleans.

One teacher said: “We have had guidance from our head of the academy who has been told to expect at least a week-long closure, possibly two.