Falkirk area high school hit with COVID-19 outbreak on second last day of term

Pupils are now self-isolating after a Falkirk area school had people test positive for coronavirus just as it was about to break up for summer.
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Bo’ness Academy, which currently has a student roll of around 750, now has “a number of pupils” who have been forced to self isolate.

A Falkirk Council spokesman said: “NHS Test and Protect team are carrying out COVID-19 contact tracing at Bo’ness Academy.”

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The Gauze Road school suffered a COVID-19 outbreak in November last year.

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