BREAKING: Lanarkshire primary pupils to self-isolate after contact tests positive for coronavirus

A class at a primary school in Lanarkshire are being required to self-isolate after a 'close contact' tested positive for covid-19.

Lanarkshire Live understands that parents and carers of pupils at West Coats Primary in Cambuslang were informed this morning and told to collect their children from the school.

The pupils are believed to be in a P4 class at the school.

A South Lanarkshire Council spokesman told Lanarkshire Live : "We can confirm parents of children in West Coats Primary have been asked that their child self-isolates by NHSL Public Health for 10 days.

"This is a precautionary measure as they have been identified as a close contact to an individual who as tested positive for COVID-19.

West Coats pupils are being told to self isolate (Rutherglen Reformer)

“Anyone with symptoms is asked to stay off and to take a test.

"All positive cases involving a pupil or adult who works in a school are individually assessed by NHSL Public Health and parents and staff are informed in writing of the outcome in terms of who is required to self-isolate.”

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