Harrow School has been forced to close after a pupil tested positive for coronavirus. The top boarding school has scrapped all classroom lessons and the 830 pupils who board are being sent home. In a letter to parents the headmaster of the £41,000-a-year school in West London said a student who returned home to avoid a quarantine restriction had tested positive for Covid-19. The school, which employs 150 teachers, will effectively go into lockdown on Wednesday following advice from Public Health England. A spokesman for Harrow School said: 'Harrow School has temporarily suspended operations and is moving to an online education provision.'

Source: Daily Mail March 17, 2020 16:57 UTC