An Ayrshire primary school has closed for a week after a number of of Covid-19 were confirmed.
St Andrew's Primary School in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, will remain closed until Monday, June 7 after the cases were confirmed on Monday, May 31.
Children and staff who may have had contact with the confirmed cases have been told to self-isolate and book a test.
READ MORE: Covid LIVE: Lockdown easing update due this week as cases rise
The St Andrew’s Early Childhood Centre remains open.
Teachers were able to identify the Covid cases as a result of rapid test kits.
Lynne McNiven, director of public health, said: "The outbreak in St Andrew’s Primary School continues to be supported through regular conversations between Education leads within East Ayrshire Council and the NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s Health Protection team.
READ MORE: Coronavirus Glasgow: ‘Drastic’ fall in vaccine appointment no-shows at Hydro arena
"We cannot comment directly on transmission of the virus in the wider community.
"However schools are part of our communities and as such when cases are identified within school settings there may be a link with the places and people who live in the nearby area.
"To respect and maintain patient confidentiality it is not possible to release any further information at this time."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules here