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The article lists policy papers published in Great Britain as of July 2020, including the government's return-to-school plans for colleges, nurseries, and schools, the national professional qualifications (NPQ) reforms, and coronavirus regulations.

The article presents the list of the policy papers being published which include COVID-19: Guidance for Educational Settings, and Child Protection: Duties to report concerns.

The article focuses on policy papers on reopening of schools, children and family analysis and COVID-19 Recovery Strategy. Topics discussed include working document set out thinking for changing operations of schools and providers time in response to Covid-19, focusing on adults running out of school activities, and schools, and questions relating to childcare during the coronavirus outbreak.

The article presents Education Journal publishing a series of research reports on the virus SARS-CoV-2 and the COVID-19 disease. Topics include potential effect of school closure on a COVID-19 Epidemic, excludes the graphs in the original; the General principles and assumptions on transmission of SARS-CoV-2s, being short enough to reproduce in full; and the Imperial College paper having a huge impact on policy, not include tables and diagrams.

An introduction is presented on COVID-19 reports in Great Britain on topics like SARS-CoV-2 infection susceptibility, the effects of social distancing on infection rates, and the effectiveness of hand hygiene in preventing transmission.

The article looks at the research evidence behind the effective use of traditional physical distancing and fabric face covering tools in mitigating the new B.1.1.7 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus based on the paper produced by the Environmental Modelling Group for the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies. Topics covered include the effectiveness of face coverings in reducing transmission, application of face coverings and how distancing reduces risk of exposure.

The article focuses on Technical Advisory Group is the group of scientific experts that advises the Welsh Government on COVID-19. It mentions on paper on the effect of the Welsh Government's national lockdown, or fire break, in Wales on the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in educational settings. It also mentions COVID surveillance study indicates that there is now evidence of higher levels of infection and transmission in school based age groups.

The article focuses on the Independent Scientific Pandemic Insights Group on Behaviours (SPI-B) paper on the COVID-19 preventative behaviours among young people in Great Britain. It revealed that the adherence to social distancing and staying at home was considerably lower and declining among those aged 18-29 years compared to older groups. It mentions that interventions should provide accurate information to the young on short-term and long-term consequences of COVID-19 risks.

The article offers insight to "Role of Ventilation in Controlling SARS-CoV-2 Transmission," paper prepared by the Environmental and Modelling Group published on 23 October 2020. It mentions that ventilation is an important factor in mitigating against the risk of far-field aerosol transmission, but has no impact on other transmission routes.

The article informs that Public Health England have published a paper on importance of indoor ventilation as part of the Government's attempt to counter the inevitable increase in the infection rate that opening all schools and colleges to all pupils in England. Topics include range of nonpharmaceutical interventions will help neutralise, the increase in transmission in COVID-19; and Ventilation is the process of introducing fresh air into indoor spaces while removing stale air.

The article provides information on the paper "Brief Note on SARS-CoV-2 Variants," prepared by the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group for the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies on January 13, 2021. Topics covered include the increased transmissibility of the UK variant, the rapid epidemiological growth of SARS-CoV-2 variants and the reasons to be concerned about the possibility of antigenic escape.

The article presents a research paper on transmission and susceptibility of Covid-19 in children prepared for the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).