Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether shielding for children with cystic fibrosis and others who are considered to be extremely vulnerable for covid-19 will continue after the reopening of schools; and how will that decision be communicated to relevant families.
Public safety throughout this period is the Government’s top priority. This includes keeping safe society’s most vulnerable.
Shielding advice is kept under continuous review, to take into account currently available evidence. Guidance and support will remain in place until it is safe to remove it. Any changes in advice for the clinically extremely vulnerable will be communicated to them directly through a range of channels.