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From: Denc 🗡
Lockdown again…. Schools go into lockdown as flu sweeps nation Teachers cancel singing in assembly to combat virus’s spread Schools have gone into lockdown to stop a mutant strain of flu spreading through classrooms. In a move reminiscent of the Covid pandemic, headteachers have ordered “firebreak” school closures and cancelled singing in assemblies. Three schools shut for several days while a number of others introduced measures to tackle the spread. A “tidal wave” of flu has left a record number of patients in hospital – an average of 1,717 patients every day in the week before last, the latest figures show. Experts at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) have urged people to “consider wearing a mask” if they have symptoms. One of the worst-hit schools has been St Martin’s in Caerphilly, South Wales, which imposed a temporary lockdown after more than 250 pupils and staff became sick.

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