On the advice of Public Health in Guernsey and Microbiology in Birmingham, the restart date of the school for the Autumn term has been delayed until Monday 6th September. This will allow a few more days for outstanding results to come in concerning people who have been tested for Group A Streptococcal infection. The results will inform the decision on when the school should restart.
There have been no new cases associated with the island’s Playschool or the Yellow Brick Road activity centre. The current advice from Microbiology is that it is safe for these centres to remain open.
The majority of those people diagnosed with this infection have had mild symptoms only. All those affected are receiving treatment and are recovering well. No-one with this infection has required hospital treatment. Please see previous posts for more information.
Thank you for taking time to keep updated on this issue.
Dr Peter Counsell
