Wigan has been forced to close for a week, after a 'significant number' of staff tested positive for Covid-19. Dean Trust Wigan, in Orrell, sent out an email to parents yesterday (Sunday September 27) informing them that the school would be shut all this week.
Andrew Shakos, the school's operations director, wrote: "It is with regret that we are writing to inform you that we must temporarily close the school to staff and pupils.
This is due to a significant number of staff having very recently tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19)."As you are aware, Wigan is now considered a high risk area by the government and the increase in staff testing positive for COVID-19 seems to have coincided with the increase in infections within the.
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