The school returned from their summer holidays last week.
A class has been sent home from a Dublin primary school after a student tested positive for Covid-19.
The news was confirmed by the school’s principal to RTÉ’s Today with Claire Byrne.
It’s understood the student did not contract the virus through transmission in the school and the school is following public health advice in dealing with the matter.
In a paper titled ‘Schools Pathway for Covid-19, the Public Health approach’ issued by the Office of the Clinical Director, Health Protection, HSE, it states that individual cases will be assessed by HSE Public Health, as will the likelihood of onward transmission from the case identified, which will inform further actions.
The definition of close contacts within the school setting will vary depending on the school and it will not be automatically assumed that a whole class will be deemed as close contacts.
“Onward testing strategy will be determined by information from the initial risk assessment,” the paper reads.
“There is no blanket policy to test entire classes or years. The strategy will be determined after risk assessment of the confirmed case, considering the likely source of infection and the likely potential for onward transmission of infection within the school setting.”
The paper in full can be read herehere.
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