Easter Ross head teacher appeals to parents to play part stopping Covid-19 spread by keeping unwell pupils home
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PARENTS of pupils at an Easter Ross primary are being asked to play their part slowing the spread of Covid – and ensuring children showing symptoms stay home.
South Lodge Primary head teacher said that while "we are still very lucky here at South Lodge in that we are not experiencing the volume of cases compared to other schools", that is down to parents "being vigilant at home and not sending your child in if feeling unwell plus the mitigations that we have in place here at school to protect children and staff".
He has this week shared advice following new guidance shared this week.
Children who develop the following symptoms of Covid-19:
• high temperature
• new continuous cough
• loss or change to sense of smell or taste
OR who show the following lower threshold symptoms:
• sore throats
• mild cold symptoms
• gastrointestinal upset
• loss of appetite
• feeling very tired
• sore muscles and joints
should self-isolate and book a PCR test.
He said: "Please do not send your child to school if they are not feeling well and have any of the above symptoms. We will be ringing home if children are in tomorrow with any of the above symptoms. We need to stop the fast spreading of the virus so by doing this will hopefully do that. Also please inform the school of any positive tests when reporting absences.
"NHS Highland is experiencing exceptional levels of Covid-19 activity within our communities at present. During this very high incidence of infection, we would advise pupils living with a Covid-19 positive case in the household isolate at home irrespective of a negative PCR result.
"A negative test result is only valid at that one point in time and does not mean that someone exposed to the infection will not subsequently develop symptoms and test positive after being exposed to Covid-19. The rationale for this is that we are trying to prevent further introductions of infection into separate year groups in order to try to prevent ongoing transmission.
"Again, by us all working together and following the guidance, we will remain safe and school will remain open. I absolutely understand the inconvenience that this is going to cause many of you but I absolutely appreciate your cooperation and understanding with this."
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