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Can't turn it into another political game: WHO on schools reopening

We can't turn schools into yet another political football in this game. It's not fair on our children, Ryan said

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The comments come as Trump administration officials have increasingly been calling for schools in the United States to reopen. Representative Image of School children

AP | PTI Geneva

The World Health Organisation says decisions to reopen schools should be part of a broad strategy for the fight against Covid-19, adding: we can't turn schools into yet another political football in this game.

Dr. Michael Ryan, the WHO's emergencies chief, says any such decisions require a look beyond just how schools, workplaces or long-term care facilities respond individually to the Covid-19 pandemic.

We have got to focus on a comprehensive long-term strategy that focuses on everything at one time. We've got to chew gum and walk at the same time, he said, suggesting countries needed to make decisions based on their