Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson smiles, during a visit to Castle Rock school on the pupils' first day back, in Coalville, East Midlands, England, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Following mounting pressure to change tack, the British government decided late Tuesday to ditch its advice that high school students in England don’t need to wear face masks while at school. In another in a series of abrupt changes in coronavirus-related policy, the government said children in secondary schools — those above 11 years of age — in areas under local lockdown rules, such as Greater Manchester, will have to don face masks when moving around corridors and communal areas. (Jack Hill/Pool Photo via AP)
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