‘We need to do something now’: the urgent push to prepare schools for the return of students

When school gates finally reopen, many students will return unvaccinated against Covid-19. Experts say schools need to prepare now to keep children safe later

Everyone in Australia's many locked-down communities wants to know the answer to one question: when will life start returning to normal? For the millions of parents juggling their work commitments with home-schooling their children, a return to normal means a return to the classroom.

Whenever the school gates reopen it's likely that many students, particularly those in primary school, will walk through them unvaccinated.