Ceredigion is the latest area in Wales to close schools early before Christmas as it records the second highest increase in Covid in all of the country.
Ceredigion council confirmed that all pupils will move to distanced learning from Monday, December 20, in a bid to "safeguard our children, staff, families and communities".
Four Welsh councils have now said they will end face-to-face lessons on Friday, December 17, and learn from home until term ends officially on December 21.
Read what every council in Wales has said about closing schools early before Christmas and delaying pupils returning in January here.
On Monday, Denbighshire Council announced that pupils in the county will end face-to-face lessons on Friday (December 17) and learn from home until term ends officially on December 21. That came after a similar decision was made in Anglesey, where most pupils will learn from home after this Friday. Wrexham has now followed suit, with on-site learning ending on Friday.
Ceredigion council said: "This decision has been taken to safeguard our children, staff, families and communities by reducing contact to prevent the spread of the virus. Ceredigion’s case rate has shown the second highest increase of all local authorities in Wales over the past seven days and cases of the new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, are rising rapidly in Wales.
"This, combined with the daily challenges schools have faced with staff absences, has led to a decision to move to remote learning to protect our frontline services as much as possible. This decision has been made with the full support of headteachers and teaching unions and in the best interest of pupils, their families and school staff."
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