In regard to  yesterday’s statement from Together Gibraltar on schools re-opening, the Government says they are “wrong to suggest that the Government has ever taken any risk”.

A statement from the Government follows below:

HM Government of Gibraltar notes the statement from Together Gibraltar. TG is wrong to suggest  that the Government has ever taken any risk. The Government has consistently acted in keeping  with Public Health advice. The risk would be to act on the advice of TG which is based on lay  persons interpretations of newspaper and social media articles.  

The Government will not fall into the same traps as Together Gibraltar. For that reason, the  Government are talking to teacher's representatives, taking advice from the Department of  Education, taking advice from the professionals in Public Health and considering all aspects of the  re-opening of schools. The Government will not let party political considerations cloud our making  the right judgment on this. We expect to be in a position to say more in this respect in coming  days.