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ALL STUDENTS AT a primary school in Co Kerry have been told to restrict their movements after 17 people tested positive for Covid-19.
Parents of students at Scoil Mhuire in Killorglin have been sent a letter from the HSE to say that a public-health team is investigating the Covid-19 outbreak, and contact tracing has begun for the 17 confirmed cases.
All other students at the school will be referred for two tests by the HSE in the meantime, and will receive advice on times and dates for those tests. Staff will also be tested.
The letter advises any child who has not previously been identified as a Covid-19 case, or a close contact of a confirmed case, has to restrict their movements for 14 days – that’s until 30 December.
‘Restricting their movements’ means not physically attending school, and avoiding contact with people and social situations as much as possible, including not going to shops unless necessary. The households of staff and students at the school must also restrict their movements until the results of the Covid-19 tests come back.
Any child previously identified as a case or a close contact doesn’t need to be referred for further testing, the letter advises.
“In the Irish experience with Covid-19 this far, it has been uncommon to see an outbreak of this scale among a school population,” the letter said.
“School management at Scoil Mhuire had implemented, and continues to implement, appropriate Covid control measures.”
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They (anyone blocking brexit) are to blame.
@Paul White.: your right
@Paul White.: Not
@Paul White.: 100% 3 years and still denying the majority vote.
@Paul White.: no, the violent numpty and those who inspired him are to blame.
@Paul White.: you’re right. BTW Boris voted against brexit. So did Bill Cash and the rest of the Bnp/ERG. You know who voted for brexit. Ken Clarke.
@Paul White.: When half the room want one thing, and the other half want something else, the ONLY way forward is to compromise. That word appears to have been deleted from the English language by mistake!!!
@Dizzy: The referendum was voted on based on absolute bull information. The people were completely duped.
@ObsidianShine: Give it a rest you know nothing People voted for many reasons
@Paul White.: the people on this island voted against brexit, are against Brexit and should not have to suffer brexit. Give us back control of our island as and do what you want over on your own island.
Relentless self promoter, she’ll probably blame it on Corbyn
@De20: Shes a loud mouth Told Dianne Abott to F off Sai she would stab Corybn in the front not his back and on question time last year compared some of the rotherham style abuse of young girls to a night out in Birmingham She can dish it out but cant take it in return
Only got yourself to blame jessie. You brought it all on yourself. Own it.
If only people we as exercised about Climate change , even homelessness or poverty. If you engage in criminal behaviour like attacking an office with people in it. then your a criminal, I doubt that happened overnight .
Virtue signaller extraordinaire!!
Is that it?
You’ve brought this on yourselves.you are a clown in a huge circus full of clowns and boris is the ringmaster.
Brexit it’s a hell of a drug
@Frank Discussion: watch out for the brown Brexit. It’s really bad sh!t
I would could consider myself a centerist FGer, blue shirt, conservative pro European call it what you like. But I do have a hatred of the far right, Unionist of the Ulster variety, brexiteers and Tories bar Kenneth Clarke, I find these people bar Kenneth Clarke obnoxious and want to stifle debate like some posters here.
@Val Doyle: The rest of us would just consider you anArrrsehole of epic proportions.
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