Rosyth pupils told to remain at home

Two classes of Fife schoolchildren and youngsters at a nursery have been told to stay at home due to two new cases of coronavirus.

NHS Fife has confirmed a person linked with St John’s Primary School, in Rosyth, and a member of staff at Lochgelly West Nursery have tested positive for Covid-19.

Pupils in classes P7a and P7b at St John’s Primary and all of the Lochgelly nursery children have been asked not to attend school and to remain in quarantine.

The Rosyth youngsters should selfisolate until September 24 and return to school the following day, while all other children in the school should continue to attend if they feel well.

Those at Lochgelly West Nursery have also been told to isolate and must not return until September 29.

The cases bring the number of affected schools and nurseries in Fife to six since the start of term, with others – all single cases – diagnosed at Queen Anne High School and Masterton

Primary School in Dunfermline, Capshard Primary School, Kirkcaldy, and Newburgh Primary School nursery.

No evidence of transmission within schools in the region has yet been found.

NHS Fife said: “The risk to pupils and staff remains low.

“Anyone who develops any of the established symptoms of the virus, such as a fever, loss or change in taste or smell or a new and continuous cough should arrange testing using the UK Government Citizens’ Portal at nhs.uk/ ask-for-a-coronavirus-test or by calling 0800 028 2816.”

Parents were also directed to useful information about the virus on NHS Fife’s website and that of Fife Council.

A total of 56 people in or linked with schools in Fife and Tayside have tested positive since the return in August, 40 of them connected to Kingspark School, Dundee.

St John’s Primary School in Rosyth.