A Dublin creche has sent an urgent letter to parents after a child tested positive for coronavirus.
A number of kids were identified as close contacts and have been asked to take a test.
Other children in the same "pod" as the confirmed Covid-19 case have also been asked to restrict their movements for seven days.
The letter was sent out to parents and guardians on Monday morning.
HSE guidelines state that any students who are not deemed to be close contacts do not need to take a test, and can continue to attend school as normal.
However parents were warned that any other children who develop symptoms of Covid-19 must restrict their movements, and contact their GPs.
It comes after it emerged yesterday that a large Meath school with over 1,000 students also confirmed a Covid-19 case.
A child at St Peter's College in Dunboyne tested positive for coronavirus, the school confirmed.
The school currently has approximately 1,150 students enrolled.
School officials said that they had been notified of the positive test yesterday morning.
They insisted all close contacts of the confirmed case had been identified and have since been informed.
Principal Deirdre Maye told parents and guardians that there had been no overlap between year groups on the school campus, and that students in the affected year group could contact her for advice.
The school added that all HSE advice has been followed since the case was confirmed.
