CEC offered advice on Covid for parents and carers of schoolchildren that baffled Facebook users at the weekend. Image: PA
CHESHIRE East Council has apologised to parents after a Facebook post advising them to book a Covid test if their child suffers a host of ‘winter symptoms’ left users baffled.
Dozens of Facebook users responded to the council’s post on Sunday, which claimed that youngsters should speak to their school before attending and book a Covid test if they suffered from symptoms such as diarrhoea, headaches or a sore throat.
More confusion followed on Monday, when in another post CEC reminded the public that ‘only people who are displaying symptoms of coronavirus need to get tested’.