Latest Coronavirus Information

Dear Parent/Carer

 

The government has today issued new guidance regarding Coronavirus (Covid-19).

We are aware that of some of our families travel overseas during school holidays and might have visited regions in northern Italy or other areas/countries which are now in lockdown due to high numbers of people testing positive for Coronavirus; or being advised to self-isolate.

This is the updated guidance from Public Health England that we have received:

If you have returned from these specific areas since 19 February, you should call NHS111 and stay indoors and avoid contact with other people even if you do not have symptoms:

Specific lockdown areas in northern Italy are as follows:

Towns in Lombardy region, northern Italy:

Codogno

Castiglione d’Adda

Casalpusterlengo

Fombio

Maleo

Somaglia

Bertonico

Terranova dei Passerini

Castelgerundo

San Fiorano

 

Town in the Veneto region, northern Italy:

Vo’ Euganeo

 

Other countries:

Iran

Special care zones in South Korea as designated by the Government of the Republic of South Korea

Hubei province (returned in the past 14 days)

 

If you have recently returned from the areas below and develop symptoms, however mild, you should stay indoors at home and avoid contact with other people immediately and call NHS111. You do not need to follow this advice if you have no symptoms.

Northern Italy excluding the towns above and Pisa, Florence and Rimini

Cambodia

China (excluding Hubei province)

Laos

Myanmar

Hong Kong

Japan

Macau

Malaysia

Republic of Korea

Singapore

Taiwan

Thailand

Vietnam

 

Thank you for continuing to support our school by sharing messages of good hygiene with your families and friends. Below is some more information which I hope you will find useful.

 

Here is a link to the Information Sheet

 

Kind regards

John McKee

Headteacher