All close contacts have been requested to stay at home.
A case of covid-19 has been confirmed at a secondary school in Laois.
Laois Offaly Education and Training Board says one student has contracted the virus at Dunamase College in Portlaoise.
The school remains open, with close contacts requested to stay at home, where remote lessons and support will be provided online.
The LOETB has just released a statement in relation to a confirmed case of Covid-19 in Dunamase College. Please see the statement in full below
Posted by Dunamase College on Thursday, 10 September 2020
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