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Under new reporting guidance from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), employers must make a judgement based on the information available as to whether a confirmed case of Covid-19 in an employee is likely to have been caused by occupational exposure.

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has urged the Government to maintain the 2m rule on social distancing as non-essential businesses reopen, despite growing pressure to relax the requirement.

St John Ambulance is urging business and public sector leaders to include first-aid training in their plans for returning to work after it identified more than 60,000 of the country’s workplace first aiders will have missed essential re-qualification courses during the Covid-19 lockdown.

The Welsh Government has announced plans for the wider re-opening of schools and childcare settings in Wales from the 29 June.

All people coming into the UK, bar a short list of exemptions, will be required to complete an online locator form to supply contact details, travel details and the address of where they will self-isolate for 14 days with effect from 8 June 2020.

School closures as a result of COVID-19 will widen the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers, probably reversing the improvements made since 2011.

The United Nations’ top labour standards body has published return-to-work guidance for the Covid-19 pandemic, urging “a human-centred approach”.

NHS England’s leading doctor for children and young people’s mental health has urged parents to be alert to signs that children could be experiencing anxiety, distress or low mood as some pupils begin returning to school.

Highlighting that the average journey to school can be walked in around 10 minutes, Transport for London (TfL) has issued advice on how headteachers, parents and guardians across London can play a part in controlling the coronavirus as schools gradually begin to reopen.

The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) has launched new guidance to help ensure a safe return to schools in the Covid-19 pandemic.