Singapore closes schools over concern that new Covid strains ‘attack the younger children’

Authorities in Singapore

Authorities in Singapore have announced that schools will close from Wednesday over concerns that new strains of Covid, such as the one that caused a spike in infections in India, are affecting more children throughout the nation.

The new measure will see primary and secondary schools, alongside junior colleges, move to home-based classes from Wednesday until the remainder of the school term, which ends on May 28, in order to reduce the risk of transmission between children.

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