3 Mar, 2020 @ 15:02
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COVID-19: Primary school teacher in Spain tests positive for coronavirus

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A PRIMARY school teacher has tested positive for COVID-19 in Madrid.

The patient, who teaches at the Santa Maria la Blanca school in Montecarmelo, was diagnosed with coronavirus this morning.

The man was admitted to hospital on Sunday with pneumonia and has not been on school premises since February 25.

The school has emailed parents to inform them of measures being carried out to disinfect the education centre.

All surfaces and objects will be disinfected while the school will establish a hand washing routine for pupils and teachers.

Meanwhile, anyone who has had direct contact with the patient will be tracked down and evaluated.

More than 150 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Spain.

Madrid is the most affected region with 47 cases.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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