An outbreak of Covid-19 has shut a Leicester primary school until after Easter - while just one year group is allowed to attend a Manchester secondary today after pupils tested positive. St Mary's Fields Primary School in Rowley Fields, Leicester sent a letter to parents on Sunday telling its 480 students not to come in this week, following an outbreak among staff. He added: 'Up to yesterday we had identified a number of positive cases across the school with the exception of Year 7. St Mary's Fields Primary School in Rowley Fields, Leicester, will remain closed until after the Easter holidays after staff tested positive for the virus. Contact tracing is being carried out to see who may have been infected by a pupil who tested positive on Sunday.

Source: Daily Mail March 22, 2021 14:03 UTC