Face mask rules are creeping back into schools amid Britain's Covid resurgence, despite claims that the current flare-up causing havoc across the country may already be close to peaking.
Headteachers in facilities battling outbreaks have controversially decided to get children to once again wear face coverings in corridors as virus absences wreak havoc on classrooms.
In response to the climbing figures, several NHS trusts in England have also opted to bring back mask mandates inside hospitals. Left-leaning experts who are critical of the Government's strategy have also called for a return of virus-controlling curbs to calm spiraling infection rates.
Heckmondwike Grammar School in West Yorkshire, which teaches 11 to 18 year olds, is one place where staff are pleading with students to wear masks.
