Question reference: S5W-32818
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 27 October 2020
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Current status: Answered by John Swinney on 5 November 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of suspected COVID-19 transmission have been linked to (a) (i) primary, (ii) secondary and (iii) all schools and (b) colleges, broken down by NHS board area.
Answer
These data are not currently available from Public Health Scotland (PHS).
A more detailed report of testing data from Term 1 of the 2020-21 academic year, including the distribution of cases by school type and area, will be published by PHS in late-November 2020.
Also, analysis of linkages between pupil cases and contacts in schools in Term 1 of the 2020-21 academic year is currently ongoing. Publication of findings relating to the primary school settings is planned for early December 2020.