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SIX schools across the UK are now in coronavirus lockdown after pupils returned from Italy – some with ‘flu-like symptoms’.
Three schools in Cheshire, one in Cornwall, one in Doncaster and one in Co Antrim have sent pupils home after they returned from Lombardy, where hundreds of residents have contracted the deadly infection.
Cransley School in Northwich, Brine Leas Academy Sixth Form in Nantwich and Sandbach High School in Cheshire have all closed amid fears of the deadly virus.
Hall Cross Academy in Doncaster has also sent all staff and students who were on a half term ski trip to Northern Italy home, advising them to self-isolate for 14 days.
Cambridge House Grammar School in Northern Ireland has sent around 50 pupils and staff home as a precaution after returning from an Italian ski holiday.
A group of students from Penair School in Truro, Cornwall were also sent home after returning from a ski trip to Ponte di Legno in northern Italy.
Only Cransley School in Northwich has reported students as having ‘flu-like symptoms’.
Brits who have travelled to the country have today been told to “self-isolate” for 14 days to stop the spread of the bug that has claimed seven lives in Italy so far.
It is understood 29 Cransley school pupils and five staff members had travelled to Italy for the ski trip – all since advised to stay at home.
Cransley school – one of the stop independent schools in the UK that charges students almost £12,000 a year- has now been closed to all pupils to undergo a deep-clean.
Headmaster Richard Pollock today wrote to parents, saying: “I understand that there will be a variety of reactions to this decision amongst parents, and I hope that all families will understand the developing situation and the changing and inconsistent advice given to the school.
“There are a number of pupils and staff who have vulnerable family members and it is the School’s duty of care to put in place the most secure of measures to minimise any possible infection, despite public policy.
“The staff, pupils and families of Cransley are our highest concern, and whilst we understand the impact this may have on the education of the pupils and disruption to working practice of parents, we believe this decision is justified.”
All staff and pupils who went on the trip have been told to self-isolate themselves.
Meanwhile, a group of students from Penair School in Truro, Cornwall had been sent home after returning from a ski trip to Ponte di Legno in northern Italy.
But headteacher James Davidson today confirmed the children and staff could return to school.
He said Public Health England advised them that “if students or staff develop any symptoms relating to the coronavirus they should isolate immediately and call 111”.
Courtesy of thesun.co.uk
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