UK schools start to reopen

Scottish children went back to school for the first time in five months on Tuesday as leaders across Britain try to kickstart a return to education despite a resurgence in the number of novel coronavirus cases.

Scotland's devolved government has ordered pupils in different parts of the country to return gradually through this week, with all classes set to have resumed fully by next Tuesday.

In England, the government is adamant that children will return in early September.

However, the reopenings come as Britain, which has recorded the highest death toll in Europe from the COVID-19 pandemic with more than 46,000 fatalities, could be witnessing the start of a resurgence.

AFP