Boris Johnson: 'Not possible to open schools immediately after February half term'

Boris Johnson has confirmed that school pupils in England will not return to classrooms after the February half-term break.

The prime minister said it might be possible to start re-opening from 8 March, if the government had met its vaccination targets.

He expressed his sympathy for parents and teachers home-schooling children and the effects on mental health.

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