Scores of pupils at a Swansea comprehensive school have been told to self-isolate after one tested positive for coronavirus.
Just shy of 200 pupils at Welsh medium school YG Gwyr have been told to remain at home following a positive result from a lateral flow test which pupils are asked to undertake twice a week.
They are among more than 1,000 pupils around Wales who have been asked to self isolate amid a rise in Covid cases in schools.
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A spokesman for Swansea Council said: "There are 192 pupils isolating at YG Gwyr due to a positive lateral flow test".
In line with national guidance, the school was told to await a follow up PCR test – which on Friday afternoon was confirmed as negative, meaning pupils can in fact return to school on Monday, June 21, as normal.
Pupils at the school in Gowerton have been repeatedly asked to stay at home over the past eight months due to Covid. In April Year 8 pupils were asked to self-isolate following a positive test, as well as all those pupils who travel to the school on one particular bus service. The action was taken just days after youngsters were allowed to return following a four-month lay off due to the serious stage of the pandemic.
And in December, before the four-month lay off, three year groups - 8, 9 and 11 - were told to self-isolate after a single pupil tested positive.
That followed a similar instruction in October affecting around 200 pupils in year 8, and a further 60 pupils who travel to the school on the same bus as the infected individual travelled on.
