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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Georgina Quach

Schools rejecting offers of air filters that limit Covid spread, say parents

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Some heads have accepted parents’ donations of air filters. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/Getty Images

Parents who offer to donate air filters that limit Covid transmission in their children’s classrooms are being turned down by some schools, say parents’ groups.

As headteachers report disruption caused by soaring staff absences, parents are buying high efficiency particulate air (Hepa) filters to supplement the 7,000 additional units that will be offered to schools in England by the Department for Education (DfE).

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