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Yesterday marked three weeks since pupils returned to primary and secondary schools across the region. While the majority of schools have had little or no disruption, more than 100 have been impacted by positive cases among pupils, staff or both.
Many of the confirmed cases are being picked up by lateral flow tests being done by secondary students and staff working across all education settings.
But union leaders fear this may well drop off if parents don't get on board with the testing from home and asymptomatic cases will go undetected