Arooj Shah county Oldham borough Manchester Coronavirus self-isolation isolate Arooj Shah county Oldham borough Manchester

6,265 pupils, 411 school staff, 199 bubbles... this is the impact of self isolation in just one Greater Manchester borough

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For the latest Oldham news sign up to the MyOldham newsletter here More than 6,000 pupils and 400 members of staff in Oldham were absent from school today after being ordered to self-isolate, it has been revealed.

A total of 199 school bubbles were affected, with almost 14pc of the borough's schoolchildren forced to remain at home, according to Oldham council.

Compared to last week, when 4,109 pupils were isolating, there has been an increase of more than 2,000 pupils out of the classroom.

The worrying picture has prompted council's leader Arooj Shah to add her voice to calls for an urgent review of the government's approach to self-isolation. READ MORE:Pupils asked to do alternate days at high school as staffing hit by Covid School

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