Two year group bubbles at another Liverpool school have been forced to isolate, parents have told the ECHO.
A parent of a pupil at St Nicholas Catholic Primary School on Brownlow Hill said Years three and five of the city centre school have been asked to isolate due to Covid cases within the contacts of their bubble.
The school appears to be the latest in a string of schools in our region that has had to send pupils home as Liverpool’s coronavirus rate rises further.
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At 352.8 cases per 100,000 people, Liverpool’s infection rate is the highest in Merseyside, though all boroughs have seen cases grow in recent weeks.
Infection levels across the city vary from 667.5 cases per 100,000 people in Greenbank to 184.8 cases per 100,000 people in Woolton.
Hundreds of children across Merseyside have already had to self-isolate yet again following the surge in Covid cases over the past month.
In Liverpool, pupils have been sent home from several senior schools including The Blue Coat, Garston Church of England School, Calderstones and Gateacre.
In neighbouring Knowsley, pupils at Kirkby High School and Lord Derby Academy are known to also have been asked to isolate.
Liverpool Council have been approached for comment about the reported isolations at St Nicholas Catholic Primary School.
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