Our lives are shattered’: Teachers’ legal fight for long Covid support

EXCLUSIVE 

More than 100 teachers whose lives have been "shattered" by the virus claim they have been left with no support

Hundreds of teachers with long Covid are suing the Department for Education (DfE) over its handling of the pandemic within schools, i can reveal.

More than 120 teachers are part of the joint legal action over alleged failures to protect teachers working in schools during the pandemic and a lack of support for those who say they have been left disabled and unable to work as a result of contracting the disease.

The legal challenge – which claims policy failures led to teachers becoming infected in schools – aims to secure income protection for education staff with long Covid, disability rights and compensation for lost livelihoods. If successful, the Government could face a multi-million pound compensation bill.

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