Almost 1,000 pupils and staff self-isolate after 28 people with links to two schools and a college test positive for coronavirus
Almost 1,000 pupils and staff are self-isolating after 28 people with links to two schools and a college tested positive for coronavirus.
Staffordshire health chiefs said cases found were thought to be the so-called Indian variant, now named Delta variant by the World Health Organization. The 28 people have links to Westwood College, St Edward's Middle School and Leek High School, the council said.Staffordshire County Council and Public Health England said the tests would then be sent for genotyping.
Dr Richard Harling, the council's director for health, said: "Over the bank holiday weekend we saw a sharp surge in the number of positive cases identified in pupils and staff at schools in Leek with some transmission to other family members.
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