The mayor says the recent spike in COVID-19 cases across the capital is “deeply concerning”.
Sadiq Khan is urging the government to consider asking London’s schools and colleges to close early and reopen later in January because of “significant” coronavirus outbreaks among 10 to 19-year-olds.
In a letter to the prime minister, the mayor of London said “urgent consideration must… be given to closing secondary schools, sixth form and FE colleges a few days early and keeping them closed for longer after Christmas”.
It comes as schools across Greenwich in southeast London are being forced to close and move classes online amid “exponential growth” of the pandemic.
The mayor said the recent spike in COVID-19 cases across the capital was “deeply concerning” and needs further government action.
He wrote to Boris Johnson on Sunday requesting regular testing for people unable to work from home, as well as for students and staff at secondary schools and colleges.
He said face coverings should be made mandatory in busy outdoor public spaces because of the Christmas increase in shoppers.
“The surge in coronavirus cases across our capital is deeply concerning,” Mr Khan said.
-Skynews
