Headteacher’s Covid fear after 170 pupils off sick with mutated flu virus

Principal Brian Guthrie of Ebrington Primary School likens this flu season to Covid (Pictures: Left BBC and right Getty Images)A surge in illness has left a school principal likening it to ‘being back in Covid times’ after 170 pupils were off sick on a single day.
Principal Brian Guthrie of Ebrington Primary School in Northern Ireland said some of the pupils had to attend the hospital, and a small number were admitted for treatment last week.In the last two weeks, confirmed flu case