Seven cases of coronavirus confirmed at Havant and South Downs College

Havant and South Downs College has seven ongoing cases of coronavirus, as of December 3.

Six of these cases are at the South Downs campus, with another case in Alton.

A spokeswoman for the college said: ‘Like all schools and colleges, we have a small number of current cases studying on different courses at both our Alton and South Downs campuses. We have zero cases currently on our Havant campus.

‘Students who have received positive test results are following NHS advice; students we have identified as being in direct prolonged contact with the confirmed case receive an individual letter and are advised to stay at home for 14 days and self-isolate.

‘All students infected as well as those self-isolating engage with their classes through online learning.’

Students who test positive for Covid-19 can fill in an online notification form.

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