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MPs have warned that the variant will lead to “chaos” in schools, the Daily Telegraph says. Close contacts of those who test positive for Omicron – including children – will be required to self-isolate for 10 days. Conservative MP Steve Baker, the deputy chairman of the Covid Recovery Group, is quoted as saying the measures “will cause chaos including collateral harms like damage to children’s education”, adding: “The government needs to explain when all of this will be brought to an end.”