September 09, 2020 - 1845 views
One of the very first outbreaks at our local schools and colleges have been reported by Coleg Llandrillo at their Abergele campus.
In news that broke last night, the Principal of Coleg Llandrillo Dafydd Evans wrote to all staff members and learners to say that a student had tested positive for COVID-19 after being identified by NHS Wales' Track, Trace and Protect programme.
The student, who was said to have mild symptoms, was asked to return home and along with other members of the course and the group tutor, asked to isolate for at least fourteen days.
Mr. Evans said: "We have acted promptly to inform those within the same contact group that learning will be moving online for the next two weeks. The class tutor is also being asked, by Public Health Wales, to self-isolate despite showing no symptoms.
"This incident is perhaps a reminder for us all of the importance of wearing face coverings and/or visors in all our communal spaces as well as maintaining the 2 metre social distancing rule where possible.
Mr. Evans also warned that more of these outbreaks were expected. "It is likely that these instances will become more regular occurrences over the coming weeks, thus it is not our intention to be informing you of every instance." he said.
"However, as this was our first case, we felt it important to be transparent. In future, we will share occurrences on a campus by campus basis."
