Sign up to the M.E.N.'s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from school closures to ways to entertain the kids More than 100 of the region's schools have reported having Covid cases since they reopened in full earlier this month.
Secondaries and primaries are being affected across Greater Manchester, with some sending home small bubbles to isolate and others full year groups.
Some youngsters are already facing their second lot of isolation in the last three weeks, including children at Corrie Primary in Denton, where we reported earlier how Reception pupils have spent just five days in school since returning on March 8.