Little London Primary School Leeds collapses two class bubbles after staff member catches coronavirus
Little London Primary School in Woodhouse, LS7 has collapsed two class bubbles after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus.
Headteacher Jill Wood confirmed to the Yorkshire Evening Post that one staff member has caught coronavirus but there have been no positive cases for children in the school.
She said: "We have one positive reported case from a staff member.
"After following our Risk Assessment and advice from PHE and the LA Health and Safety Team, we collapsed two class bubbles.
"To date we have no positive cases for children in school.
"Thank you to all our parents for their patience during these challenging times. Please be reassured that we will keep you informed - when we really do have cases in school - either by text message, phone calls or a letter."
The Yorkshire Evening Post understands that at least 16 schools have now had confirmed cases in the past fortnight.
The Gorse Academies Trust operates 11 academies across Leeds and five of their schools have seen cases, totalling eight positive tests.
Five members of staff have also tested positive at Leeds College.
How to help stop the spread
in North Yorkshire, the county's Resilience Forum put out this advice to help control the spread of infections in Yorkshire: "Prevent, contain and reduce the spread of the virus, wherever and however possible.
"Save lives and prevent long-term illness as a consequence of the virus; Keep businesses and schools open;
"Re-inforce personal responsibility: “hands, face, space”; (wash hands, wear a face mask, keep a social distance of at least one metre and preferably two metres apart)
"Protect the NHS;
"Protect care settings and people who are the most frail members of the community;
"Prevent a further, full lockdown if at all possible;
"Take a localised, targeted approach based on risk levels and prevalence of the virus.
"In addition, in the whole of the Scarborough and Selby districts, people are asked to:
"Exercise extra vigilance in maintaining hand hygiene and social distancing.
"Use face coverings when leaving home while circulating infection levels are increasing.
"Avoid large groupings of over 30 people.
"Events organisers to re-think any indoor or outdoor events that involve more than 30 people;
"Take extra care when leaving home if you have an underlying health condition or have been advised to shield"