PUPILS in Wokingham have reportedly been told to self-isolate amid coronavirus fears having been on a school ski trip.
National media reports have said pupils and staff at The Holt School in Holt Lane were told to quarantine themselves after returning home from a half term skiing trip to Claviere in Piedmont, Italy.
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The Mail Online reports that the girls school took students on the trip between February 14 and February 22.
It is reported that the students have been given the all-clear and are allowed to return to school tomorrow (26/2).
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It comes as a number of schools across the country have sent pupils home from school following trips to virus-hit areas of Italy.
The government today advised all Britons who have come back from northern Italy to self-isolate at home if they start to suffer flu-like symptoms.
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The latest update from Public Health England and the Department of Health has said as of February 25, a total of 6,795 people have been tested, of which 6,782 were confirmed negative and 13 positive.
These figures now include the four cases from the Diamond Princess cruise ship.
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