A number of schools in Dorset have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 including a single case at Verwood First School.<\/p>\n
A year 4 pupil tested positive for the virus and all children in the same bubble have been told to stay at home and isolate for 10 days.<\/p>\n
The rest of the school remains open for vulnerable children and those of critical workers.<\/p>\n
Dorset Council says it is working closely with Public Health Dorset and all schools to safely manage any Coronavirus cases that occur. All schools, colleges and education settings are following Dorset Council, Department for Education and Public Health guidance.<\/p>\n
Risk assessments have been carried out and hygiene measures are in place. Plans have been prepared to make sure any incidents are dealt with promptly and safely.<\/p>\n
Sam Crowe, Director of Public Health for Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Councils said: \u201cWe are aware that a number of schools in Dorset have received confirmed cases of COVID-19. These schools are working closely with Public Health Dorset, Dorset Council and Public Health England South West to ensure that all necessary measures are being met.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll close contacts of the confirmed cases have been notified and need to self-isolate for 10 days. Contacts of the confirmed cases should get tested if they go on to develop symptoms. Even if people test negative, they must still self-isolate for 10 days.\u201d<\/p>\n
The following schools have confirmed Coronavirus a case or cases:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Verwood First School \u2013 18 January (Single case)<\/p>\n Pimperne Primary School in Pimperne \u2013 18 January (Temporarily moved to remote learning)<\/p>\n St Mary & St Joseph\u2019s Catholic Primary School \u2013 17 January<\/p>\n Budmouth Academy \u2013 17 January (Single case)<\/p>\n Wimborne First School \u2013 16 January (Single case)<\/p>\n Wyke Regis Infant School \u2013 16 January (Single case)<\/p>\n Wyvern Academy \u2013 15 January (Single case)<\/p>\n Holy Trinity Primary School \u2013 14 January (single case)<\/p>\n Archbishop Wake C of E Primary School in Blandford Forum \u2013 14 January<\/p>\n Lytchett Minster School \u2013 13 January (Single case)<\/p>\n Bere Regis Primary School \u2013 11 January (Single case)<\/p>\n Mountjoy School in Beaminster \u2013 7 January (Single case)<\/p>\n Shaftesbury School please \u2013 6 January (Single case)<\/p>\n Radipole Primary School in Weymouth \u2013 4 January (Single case)<\/p>\n Upton Junior School \u2013 25th December (Single case)<\/p>\n Bincombe Valley Primary School in Weymouth \u2013 22nd December (Single case)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A number of schools in Dorset have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 including a single case at Verwood First School. A year 4 pupil tested positive for the virus and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":22839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-22838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-verwood","tag-verwood-first-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.bournemouthone.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}