Pupils in a specialist unit at a comprehensive school in Swansea are self-isolating after a member of staff tested positive for coronavirus.
Letters have been sent to the parents of children in the Specialist Teaching Facility (STF) at Penyrheol Comprehensive School, Gorseinon.
Ten pupils and eight members of staff at the school has been told to self-isolate for fourteen days.
The rest of the school is open as normal and the head teacher has sent letters to parents of the other children in the school, advising them to attend as normal.
However, a Swansea Council spokesman is advising that parents of children who have not been in contact with a positive case "keep an eye on their children as a precaution".
The letter sent to parents said they should be alert to the symptoms of Covid-19 in their children, including:
- A new or continuous cough
- A high temperature
- A loss of or change to sense of smell or taste
The STF is a unit with resources, facilities and specially trained staff to cater to the needs of children with particular learning difficulties and will be closed for 14 days "as a precautionary measure," according to the letter to parents from the school.
Further information on symptoms and self-isolation can be found here and guidance on Test, Trace, Protect can be found here.
It is the latest in a number of school closure because of coronavirus cases in Swansea this week. On Thursday, September 17, 450 sixth-form students at Olchfa Comprehensive School were told to isolate and work from home and there have been confirmed cases at Trallwn Primary and Dunvant Primary.
A spokesman for Swansea Council said that school is "working closely with Public Health Wales and the NHS Wales Test, Trace and Protect service to ensure that all the appropriate measures are in place to protect students, staff and the wider community."
He added: "All contacts of the case have been identified and have received appropriate advice to self-isolate. Children who have not been identified as a contact do not need to self-isolate and do not require testing for the virus.”
