Angela Rayner has been challenged over claims that lecturers have been at elevated threat of an infection and dying from Covid-19. Pressed on why s
Angela Rayner has been challenged over claims that lecturers have been at elevated threat of an infection and dying from Covid-19.
Pressed on why she was bringing herself into battle with the scientific recommendation, she mentioned: “Frontline key employees who’re on the market are extra in danger”, and added that “lecturers are frontline key employees”.
However on Wednesday Prof Jonathan Van-Tam advised a Downing Road briefing there was not a “markedly elevated fee of an infection or mortality” from Covid-19 amongst lecturers.
The Labour deputy chief has known as for instructing employees to be vaccinated within the February half-term.