Rule for communal areas in secondary schools and colleges is part of extra efforts in region
Secondary school and college pupils will need to wear face masks in communal areas outside their classrooms yet again in parts of south-west England as extra support was pledged in response to a rise in coronavirus cases.
The Department of Health and Social Care said that from Friday, Cornwall, the Isles of Scilly, Devon, Plymouth and Torbay local authority areas, which have recorded a rise in cases, would get help to increase vaccine and testing uptake and deliver more public health messaging.
