ANOTHER two primary schools are under a swine flu alert in Swindon, bringing the total in the town to 44.
Haydon Wick Primary School and Millbrook Primary School have confirmed or suspected cases of swine flu, Swindon Council announced yesterday.
Peter Wells, pictured, chairman of the Swindon Association of Secondary Headteachers (Sash), and head of St Joseph’s Catholic College, said pregnant teachers have been advised not to come to school.
He said: “Our experience is that swine flu is a worry and concern especially as the media continue the flow of information and there is an increasing number of people who are catching the illness.
“Parents are not keeping children off school unnecessarily, at the college we have only 10 notified cases which are thought to be possible swine flu.
“Staff who are pregnant have been advised by their doctors to stay at home to avoid the risk of infection.
“This has not affected our teaching capacity. All in all the college has not been adversely affected and things have continued as normal, we do have plans in place should this change.”
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