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More than 200 pupils isolating after 26 coronavirus cases at primary school in Porthcawl
Pupils at West Park Primary School, Porthcawl have been told to isolate after 26 people, including 22 pupils, tested positive for coronavirus.
16:16, 24 MAY 2021
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice More than 200 pupils are isolating after a number of coronavirus cases were recorded at a primary school in Porthcawl.
To date, 26 people from West Park Primary School have tested positive for Covid-19 and 267 pupils have been told to isolate.
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image captionA total of 267 pupils have been told to isolate at West Park Primary School
More than 250 pupils are isolating after 26 people tested positive for coronavirus at a Porthcawl school.
In total 267 out of about 400 pupils have been sent home from West Park Primary.
Bridgend Council said parents had been advised to remain alert and online learning had been arranged.
A spokesman said four staff and 22 pupils had tested positive. They said all staff and most pupils in year one were affected.
The Local Democracy Reporting Service said there were also cases among pupils in nursery, reception, year two and year three″.
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image captionBridgend has gone from very high to very low case numbers since Christmas
Children as young as 11 are being included in a free Covid testing programme across a whole county.
Bridgend council is offering anyone who does not have symptoms of the virus tests during April.
Bridgend has the fourth lowest case rate in Wales, at 10.2 per 100,000 people, and one of UK s lowest overall.
Council leader Huw David said the community testing could pick up asymptomatic cases and help keep the rate low.
Bridgend has seen a remarkable turnaround in its coronavirus fortunes.
At one point over the Christmas period, it had one of the highest case rates in the UK at 1,118.7 per 100,000 people, second only in Wales to the even more badly affected Merthyr Tydfil and double the Wales-wide average.
Second phase of community testing begins in Bridgend county
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Community testing has begun at Ogmore Valley Life Centre as well as sites in Bridgend and Porthcawl.
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