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A third Kerry school in just a few days has been affected by Covid-19, affected families and their contacts received specific advice, the HSE has written to parents.
The rest of the school can continue as normal, but the situation was being closely monitored, parents were told.
The letter from the Department of Public Health stated how “a positive case had been identified in the school community.” Close contacts of families involved contacted and advised.
Earlier this week, on Wednesday morning, a small number of classes were sent home from an elementary and middle school in a rural part of the county.
The last school is a large school in an urban center. Parents were told in Friday’s letter that necessary Covid-19 control measures were being taken.
A medical team from the HSE-South Department of Public Health had conducted “a comprehensive public health risk assessment, the letter said.
“Several close contacts of the case have been identified. The families involved have been contacted and given the necessary public health advice, ”he said.
The rest of the staff and the student community had been advised to attend school as usual unless they had health problems.
“The rest of the staff and the student community are advised to attend school as usual, unless of course they have a health problem that they should contact their GP,” he advises.
The situation was being closely monitored, the letter said.
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