A school has been forced to close after half of its staff and more than a quarter of pupils were hit by a suspected flu outbreak. Redbridge Community School in Southampton is on a three-day shutdown after 56 of its staff and about 300 of its 1,000 pupils became ill. Ashley said the decision to close the secondary school followed advice from Public Health England, which also recommended the building was deep-cleaned. He said: “I’ve been in the profession for over 24 years and I’ve never seen a virus spread so quickly around a school. It was like a domino effect.”According to Public Health England, there were eight outbreaks of flu in schools across the country last week.

Source: Huffington Post January 21, 2019 11:58 UTC