The rare joint statement from the top health advisers to the governments of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland represents a boost for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson who has said getting children back to school is a national priority.
"Very few, if any, children or teenagers will come to long term harm from Covid-19 due solely to attending school," they said."This has to be set against a certainty of long-term harm to many children and young people from not attending school," the CMOs said in a joint statement published late on Saturday.
By contrast there was clear evidence of a very low rate of severe disease in children, even if they caught Covid-19, and an exceptionally low risk of dying. Johnson has said reopening schools in September is a social, economic and moral imperative, insisting they would be able to operate safely despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
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