Pupils isolating after new Covid cases linked to 10 Fife schools

Youngsters and staff have been asked to isolate after new coronavirus cases were connected to 10 schools and one nursery in Fife.

By Debbie Clarke

Published 5th May 2021, 15:27 BST

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NHS Fife has confirmed the cases affected six primary schools and four high schools in the Kingdom, along with a nursery.

It revealed the cases where five or more individuals have been in isolation following contact with a positive case, after contact tracing had been carried out, between Monday, April 26 and Sunday, May 2.

The schools involved were: Burntisland Primary, Cardenden Primary, Inverkeithing High, Kirkcaldy High, Madras College, Paxton Nursery, Pitreavie Primary, St Columba's RC High, St Leonard's Primary, Touch Primary and Valley Primary.

Youngsters and staff were asked to isolate after coronavirus cases were linked to 10 schools and one nursery in Fife.

Youngsters and staff were asked to isolate after coronavirus cases were linked to 10 schools and one nursery in Fife.

The NHS Fife website has reminded locals that anyone with the well-established symptoms of COVID-19, regardless of how mild their symptoms are, should immediately self-isolate and order a test on the NHS inform website – at www.nhsinform.scot or by calling 0800 028 2816.

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