coronavirus outbreak. Parents at Harlaw Academy, in Aberdeen, have received emails from school bosses saying a first year pupil had tested positive for Covid-19.
Some 20 other youngsters have been identified as 'close contacts' and they and their families have been advised to isolate for two weeks.
The Victorian-era school has an official capacity of 950.A letter from the school's headteacher Ross McLaren to affected parents and carers says the news would be 'unsettling'.It reads: "I write to advise you that we have been made aware of a positive case of COVID-19 in S1 at Harlaw Academy. "Following consultation with Public Health we have been advised to request that a small group of pupils in S1 isolate for 14 days as a precautionary.