Dear Parent
As you will be aware, there is a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, the Delta variant, spreading at an alarming rate across the whole country and it has now reached our area.
The communities of Minsterley and Hanwood have already been significantly affected and there is great concern that our community will be too.
So, I ask that if you, or anyone in your family, display any symptoms then to isolate immediately and book a PCR test. Please also remember that every adult is entitled to free rapid Lateral Flow tests to take twice weekly at home, but these should only be used if you do not have any symptoms.
As well as a persistent cough and loss of taste, many people have reported the symptoms with the Delta variant as a headache, runny nose, a sore throat followed by a fever.
Please remember that it is any, not all, of these symptoms.
Children displaying any symptoms in school will be immediately isolated and parents contacted to collect them.
With the roll out of the vaccination program and so much optimistic news from the Government, I think we all thought we were through this terrible time. It has been a real shock to discover that once again it is presenting such a clear and present danger to us all!
Please therefore be super vigilant. It would be awful if I had to close a ‘bubble’, or the whole school, due to a COVID-19 outbreak this close to the end of term.
Mr Langford