West Lothian Council has closed one of it schools following an outbreak of Covid-19
The Ogilvie Campus for children in Livingston will be shut until 1 December after cases were detected with staff asked by education chiefs to isolate and children told to stay at home.
Another ASN school, Cedarbank, has also reported cases as have high schools and primaries across the county. The schools affected are: Broxburn Academy; St Kentigern’s Academy, Blackburn; Whitburn Academy; Boghall Primary School, Bathgate; Croftmalloch Primary, Whitburn; East Calder Primary School ; Eastertoun Primary, Armadale; Our Lady of Lourdes, Blackburn; St Anthony’s Primary School, Armadale and Bathgate Early Years Centre.
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Hide AdA West Lothian Council spokesperson said: “Whilst a number of schools have been impacted by Covid-19 in the last week, this number is reducing and still only involves a small percentage of pupils.”
Stuart Sommerville, Local Democracy Reporting Service
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