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Coronavirus death toll passes 100 as UK schools shut

At the end of the week, all of the schools in the UK will close their doors except to the children of essential workers and the most vulnerable children.

Nurseries, private schools and sixth forms are also being told to follow the guidance to close their doors.

How will this radical move affect the attempt to slow down the virus, and how will the most vulnerable be cared for?

Policy Editor Lewis Goodall reports, and Emily Maitlis is joined by Damian Hinds, the former conservative Secretary for Education, Torsten Bell, the chief executive of the think tank the Resolution Foundation and Jannet Sherrif is the executive head teacher at Prince Henry's Grammar School.

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