Children without swine-flu symptoms ‘should go to school’

Thursday 19th November 2009, 2:59PM GMT.

Oakfield Sports Centre – the temporary Tamiflu dispensary – can be accessed from Wellington Road or the road leading to Highlands College

CHILDREN should go to school unless they have swine-flu symptoms, Health said today in a U-turn on guidance to parents.

Previously, the advice was that the parents of children told to give them Tamiflu but refused should keep their children out of school for seven days whether they showed symptoms or not.

But the Education department is now warning that if healthy children are absent from school, this will be marked as unauthorised absence.

Previous advice that allowed children to stay at home for a week if they did or did not take the drug stays in place for those who were issued Tamiflu between last Friday and Tuesday. They can do school work at home.

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