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head teacher Peter Main has confirmed. He said only a small number of those who had been in close contact with the person had been asked to self-isolate, with work provided for them online. The school had its first positive result on 29th October but as it was during half term no action was needed, he added. On Tuesday Hordle Primary School announced a positive test result, although it did not specify whether it was from a pupil or member of staff. Head teacher Fiona Adams said: “Children and staff who share a bubble with this indi - vidual were informed immedi - ately and advised to self-isolate for a period of 14 days as per the Department for Education’s guidelines.” The school’s coronavirus procedures include regular handwashing and sanitising throughout the day, staggered class times to facilitate extra cleaning, with the pupil toilets also cleaned three times per day. As reported in the A&T, oth - er schools affected by positive cases in recent weeks include Hounsdown and Testwood in Totton.

School among several locally to confirm new infection cases

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THE head of a school which confirmed a third case of coro - navirus has rubbished claims that an assembly was to blame for the spread. Ringwood School, in Parson - age Barn Lane, sent letters to parents telling them of the new case, which has meant a bubble of pupils and a small number of staff must self-isolate. It was one of a series of schools reporting cases re - cently, including the Arnewood School in New Milton, Priest - lands in Lymington and Hordle Primary School. Ringwood head teacher Leanne Symonds wrote: “There appears to be a suggestion on social media that a tightly con - 19 Fir Avenue, New Milton

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trolled assembly we held for the year group earlier this week to remind them all of Covid-19 safe practices in school was the reason that students must iso - late. “I would like to reassure you that this is not the case. In liai - son with Public Health England and as with all learning activi - ties, we look carefully at seating plans to track who has been near a positive case. “We use CCTV to identify contacts out of lesson time. For learning activities, students sat within two metres for 15 min - utes of a positive case are de - fined as close contacts and are asked to isolate. “This happens for each of the 12 lessons and any other activi - ties in the 48-hour period before symptoms appear for any posi - tive cases.” As reported in the A&T last month, two people within the Ringwood School com - munity have previously tested positive for Covid-19, causing two separate bubbles to

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Arnewood School pupils were also advised to self-isolate last week after two cases of Covid-19 were discov - ered. Both were “fortunately

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The latest weekly death toll reported by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed all three died in hospi - tal, bringing the pandemic to - tal in the district so far to 138. The BCP Council area, which includes Christchurch, suffered 17 new weekly deaths, with four of them in care homes and the rest in hospi - tal. It brings the conurbation’s death toll to 218. The two areas’ fatality num - bers, published on Tuesday, are the highest in months

The provisional figures from the ONS related to cause of death for fatalities up to 30th October but which were regis - tered up to 7th November. Separate government fig - ures for the seven days to Tuesday showed 176 new weekly cases of Covid-19 in the New Forest – up by just four on the previous seven-day increase. It brought the total cases so far to 1,368. It meant the infection rate per 100,000 people in the dis -

The BCP Council area rate fell slightly from 207.9 last Tuesday to 205.9 this week. There were 814 new weekly cases, down from 822 previ - ously. It brings the combined number across the conurba - tion to 4,882 since the start of the pandemic. The case figures are for the numbers of people with at least one lab-confirmed posi - tive Covid-19 test result in the most recent seven-day period.

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Parents may be fined for children’s Covid breach

POLICE are warning parents they could be fined if their chil - dren breach the government’s Covid-19 restrictions. The message comes after of - ficers responded to incidents of people failing to comply with the lockdown within nine hours of it coming into force at mid - night last Thursday. One group of five 19 and 20-year-olds, from separate households, was handed fixed penalty notices after being found gathered around a fire at Buckland Rings in Lymington. New Milton’s neighbourhood policing team patrolled areas that night in a bid to ensure pubs and licensed premises did not experience any problems. The following evening, of- ficers on the Waterside spoke to groups of youths out together in Dibden Purlieu and Holbury. Local police posted on Face - book: “If you have children, please ensure that they un - derstand the new regulations that are now in place as, if they are below 18 years of age and are found to be breaching the regulations, parents could be facing fixed penalty notices for them.” Further patrols of the Wa - terside area during the day on Saturday resulted in groups of three to four youngsters found breaching the restrictions in Holbury and the surrounding areas. They were spoken to and

dispersed. A man was charged with as - saulting two officers investi - gating lockdown breaches in Fordingbridge at about 6pm on Saturday. Lee John Wells (38), of no fixed abode, was bailed to ap - pear at Southampton Magis - trates’ Court on 10th Decem - ber. Hampshire Assistant Chief ConstableMaggie Blyth warned that although engagement was still the main policing tactic, blatant breaches would be met with enforcement. She said: “People recklessly ignoring the regulations should expect to receive a fixed penal - ty notice. “It is only right that those who are putting others at risk should face consequences.” During the previous week -

end, when people were urged to celebrate Halloween safely, Hampshire’s officers handed out a total of 92 fixed penalty notices. Confusion over the lockdown requirements was discovered when more than 100 local busi - nesses across Christchurch, Poole and Bournemouth were inspected over the weekend fol - lowing complaints some were not complying. Cllr May Haines, BCP Coun - cil cabinet member for com - munity safety, said: “We have found that there is a lot of confusion and misunderstand - ing among businesses and the public about what is permitted and what is prohibited during lockdown and so it’s important our officers are out and about working closely with businesses offering advice and guidance.”

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Police officers ‘fatigued’ over pandemic OFFICERS are “fatigued” af - ter a “relentless” few months, the representatives of the rank and file in Hampshire and Dorset have warned. everything to the police as there just aren’t enough of us to do it all.”

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Ms Harvey added: “The last eight months have been relentless for policing, with ever-changing legislation and guidance adding to confu - sion. “However, they will again put themselves in harm’s way to protect the public and ulti - mately protect the NHS.”

The respective chairmen of Hampshire and Dorset police federations, Zoe Wakefield and Anna Harvey, spoke out amid officers having to learn new sets of rules. Ms Wakefield said: “The government need to not leave

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