What happens when there is a case of the virus confirmed in a classroom? Your questions answered

Guidance has been made available ahead of the full re-opening of all schools in the coming days and weeks.

Q: What happens if my child develops Covid-like symptoms in school?

A: If a child develops Covid-like symptoms, fever, shortness of breath or loss of taste and smell, while at school they should be immediately isolated in a designated area. The advice from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) is that this isolation area is somewhere with good ventilation, and preferably with an open outside window. Parents will be asked to collect their child as soon as possible. A staff member should wait with your child until you arrive.