School closures still `last resort` despite variants: WHO
(WorldNews Europe)

GENEVA (AFP) - Schools should only close as a last resort while research is under way into whether the new coronavirus variants affect children differently, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Wednesday (Jan 20). The debate on shutting schools during the Covid-19 pandemic has been revived by the emergence of more contagious virus mutations. The WHO said research had begun looking at the factors that may put children at risk, the long-term health effects on those...