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Increased Covid risk a ‘trade-off’ in reopening schools, Australian chief medical officer says
PM also announces commonwealth to split school Covid surveillance testing costs with states 50-50 following national cabinet meeting
Australia’s chief medical officer has conceded that children returning to school could create an increased risk of Covid transmission to their families, saying there would be “trade-offs” to getting students back in classrooms.
It comes as the commonwealth agreed to split costs for surveillance testing in schools 50-50 with state governments, despite the prime minister, Scott Morrison, saying there was no medical advice recommending such testing was necessary.
Read the original article at The Guardian