3 March 2020

Dear Parents/Carers

Please see below the latest update from the Department for Education on the Coronavirus situation.

Number of cases
As of 9am on 2 March, a total of 13,525 people have been tested in the UK, of which 13,485 were confirmed negative and 40 positive.

The Department of Health and Social Care will be publishing updated data on this page every day at 2pm until further notice. This data is accurate as of 9am on the day of publication.

If more cases are confirmed in the UK, it will be announced by the Chief Medical Officer of the affected country.

Risk level
Based on the World Health Organization’s declaration that this is a public health emergency of international concern, the UK Chief Medical Officers have raised the risk to the UK from low to
moderate.

Returning travellers
Stay indoors and avoid contact with other people immediately if you’ve travelled to the UK from:

• Hubei province in China in the last 14 days, even if you do not have symptoms
• Iran, lockdown areas in northern Italy or special care zones in South Korea since 19 February,
  even if you do not have symptoms
• other parts of mainland China or South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore,
  Taiwan or Thailand in the last 14 days and have a cough, high temperature or shortness of
  breath (even if your symptoms are mild)
• other parts of northern Italy (anywhere north of Pisa, Florence and Rimini), Cambodia, Laos,
  Myanmar or Vietnam since 19 February and have a cough, high temperature or shortness of
  breath (even if your symptoms are mild)

Use the 111 online coronavirus service to find out what to do next.

Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.

Lockdown areas in northern Italy:

• in Lombardy: Codogno, Castiglione d’Adda, Casalpusterlengo, Fombio, Maleo, Somaglia, Bertonico, Terranova dei Passerini, Castelgerundo and San Fiorano
• in Veneto: Vo’ Euganeo
• Special care zones in South Korea:
• Daegu
• Cheongdo

See maps of the specified areas.

This guidance is based on the recommendations of the UK Chief Medical officers. These areas
have been identified because of the volume of air travel from affected areas, understanding of other
travel routes and number of reported cases. This list will be kept under review.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-specified-countries-and-areas/covid-19-
specified-countries-and-areas-with-implications-for-returning-travellers-or-visitors-arriving-in-the-uk
Please make us aware if your child is having to self isolate or has developed symptoms and we will
discuss the next steps with you in terms of school attendance.

As news of the virus continues to change I will keep you updated as to if it affects our school.

Yours faithfully
Dr C Cusick
Head of School