FREE newsletter is just champion! Get the biggest and brightest stories sent straight to your inbox A top UK government adviser is urging parents to "control" their teenagers outside school to stop the spread of coronavirus.
This comes as yesterday's daily Downing Street briefing discussed the impact of "social interactions" outside of school.. Deputy chief medical officer Dr Jenny Harries said that the risk of transmission in the classroom is "probably much lower" than when teenagers are left to their own accord.
She said schools provide a "controlled" environment, and that the outbreak of coronavirus in Leicester was not down to the return of pupils to classrooms.Speaking at the daily Downing Street press conference, Dr Harries said: "The.