Swine Flu - Wednesday July 1st 2009
Today
we have been informed that one of our students has
been confirmed as having Swine Flu. The child is currently
off school, on medication and is doing absolutely
fine. The symptoms are reported to have been very
mild.
Clearly
however, although there is no need for alarm, it is
important that this matter is brought to your attention,
so that you can be vigilant in terms of your child’s
/ your family’s health. On hearing the news
of this student, the Local Authority was contacted
immediately for the most up-to-date guidance. The
advice was very clear and is as follows:
1.
There is absolutely no need to close the school at
present and this advice has been confirmed by the
Local Authority and the Health Protection Agency.
2. School should operate as normal. Other schools
in the locality with similar situations have continued
with ‘business as usual’.
3. If anyone starts to manifest flu-like symptoms,
they should stay at home and call their doctor immediately.
4. All members of the community should be vigilant
about their health and also very particular about
hygiene relating to cold / flu symptoms. They must
seek advice if concerned, use tissues when sneezing
and coughing and wash hands regularly.
As
you can see, the advice is very clear and basically
relates to adopting a measured and common sense approach.
All information available strongly indicates that
there is no cause for alarm whatsoever. If circumstances
change in any way, you will be advised immediately.
Yours
sincerely
Lucy
Barnes
Headteacher
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