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<\/p>\nIt has implemented enhanced cleaning measures<\/p>\n
Newlyn School(Image: Google Street View)<\/p>\n
A primary school in Cornwall has confirmed cases of a disease that dates back to the Victorian era.<\/p>\n
Newlyn School said it has been made aware of a “small number” of confirmed cases of the highly contagious infection<\/a>, scabies, which has affected two families within its community.<\/p>\n Scabies is caused by a small mite which lives in the skin and is spread by close skin contact with an infected individual.<\/p>\n According to the NHS, symptoms of scabies include intense itching, especially at night and a raised rash or spots which may look red.<\/p>\n Following the discovery of the first case, Newlyn School said it followed public health officials’ recommendations and will continue to closely monitor the situation.<\/p>\n It added that the affected pupils are currently at home in line with NHS guidance and the school has implemented enhanced cleaning measures.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Truro<\/a> and Penwith Academy Trust, which runs Newlyn School, said: “Newlyn School has been made aware of a small number of confirmed scabies cases affecting two families within the school community.<\/p>\n “As soon as the first case was identified, the school sought advice from Public Health and has followed all recommended guidance.<\/p>\n “Public Health\u2019s information letter and factsheet were shared with all parents to ensure families received clear and accurate advice on symptoms, treatment and prevention.<\/p>\n “Affected pupils are currently at home in line with NHS<\/a> guidance, and the school has implemented enhanced cleaning and hygiene measures.<\/p>\n “The school continues to monitor the situation closely and remains in regular contact with Public Health. The health, safety and wellbeing of pupils is our highest priority, and the school is taking all appropriate steps in accordance with national infection\u2011control guidance.”<\/p>\n Want to see more of the stories you love from CornwallLive?Making us your preferred source on Google means you\u2019ll get more of our exclusives, top stories and must-read content straight away. To add CornwallLive as a preferred source, simply click here<\/a>.Or read more<\/a> about selecting your preferred sources.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has implemented enhanced cleaning measures Newlyn School(Image: Google Street View) A primary school in Cornwall has confirmed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[11],"tags":[105,230355,16,15],"class_list":["post-792302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-newlyn","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116142079235782768","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}