On Tuesday 29 March, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, set out the next steps for living with COVID-19 in England from Friday 1 April. The COVID-19 specific operational guidance for schools has now been withdrawn from GOV.​UK although the UKHSA has published new and updated guidance for the general population, which will also be relevant to education and childcare settings, and includes:

• Reducing the spread of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, in the workplace.
• Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19
• Living safely with respiratory infections, including COVID-19
• COVID-19 guidance for people whose immune system means they are at higher risk

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