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<\/p>\nA COUPLE with a son at a \u00a35,000-a-term prep school in Surrey have been struck with the deadly coronavirus as officials scramble to find the 'super spreader' who infected them, it has been reported.<\/p>\n
A husband and wife have been diagnosed with Covid-19 as other parents have been placed in self isolation after coming in contact with them.<\/p>\n
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Their son is in self isolation and has not yet tested positive for the bug that has already infected 53 people across the country.<\/p>\n
It is unclear how the husband and wife contracted the virus as health officials in the Surrey area are scrambling to trace anyone they came in contact with, the Mail Online reports.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a student at another school in South West London has tested positive for coronavirus.<\/p>\n
The pupil at The Kingston Academy (TKA) was diagnosed with COVID-19 following a "recent return from a Category-2 area", a spokesman for the secondary school confirmed.<\/p>\n
TKA would remain open today and the family of the student – who wasn't symptomatic in school – have now self-isolated.<\/p>\n
Head teacher Sophie Cavanagh said: "I understand the COVID-19 situation is worrying, but we are following guidance given in conversation with Public Health England.<\/p>\n
"Our pupils and staff and their families are our priority – we are following all advice being given by experts in this area.<\/p>\n
"I am pleased to say that the pupil concerned is doing well. If students and staff are not experiencing any symptoms, they should attend school as normal."<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty, confirmed two people from Surrey and two from West Sussex has been infected with the virus and are part of a "family cluster".<\/p>\n
Headmaster Adam Walker of St Edmunds in Hindhead, the son's prep school, confirmed in a statement that the parents of one of their pupils had the virus.<\/p>\n
He said the son is "well and self isolating" as a precautionary measure and no other pupil or teacher had the virus.<\/p>\n
The school is still open following the advice of Public Health England, but was getting deep cleaned.<\/p>\n
Mr Walker said there is a "very low risk to children" and that it has been "business as usual".<\/p>\n
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The couple, who have not been named, were at the epicentre of the outbreak in Haslemere over the weekend.<\/p>\n
The town's health centre and a pub were shut amid fears a "super spreader" had visited both.<\/p>\n
The Haslemere Health Centre closed over the weekend but re-opened after a deep clean.<\/p>\n
St Edmunds has 470 pupils aged from two to 16.<\/p>\n
The full statement from the school said: "In the past few days St Edmund's school was made aware that the father and mother of one of the pupils has been confirmed as cases of COVID-19.<\/p>\n
"Contact assessments have been made for each parent and several other parents of the school have gone into self-isolation as a precaution.<\/p>\n
"The pupil is well and is self-isolating at home as a precautionary measure. No pupil or member of staff has been confirmed as a case of the virus."<\/p>\n
It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed his "battle plan" to kill off the deadly bug in the UK on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Soldiers could be deployed to guard vital sites so the police are free to deal with "maintaining public order", the Government said today in a 25-page doomsday plan on\u00a0Covid-19.<\/p>\n
And up to one in five could be off work sick during the peak of the crisis, it was predicted.<\/p>\n
his battle plan to save as many lives as possible while ensuring Britain goes about business as usual.<\/p>\n
It includes sweeping measures which will be considered in the coming weeks,\u00a0such as shutting down schools, banning mass gatherings,\u00a0 cancelling NHS operations and encouraging people to work from home.<\/p>\n
The PM told a packed press conference at No10 yesterday: "The army is of course always ready as and when, but that is under the worst case scenario."<\/p>\n
Plans are in place for anything from a mild pandemic through to a severe prolonged pandemic as experienced in 1918 known as Spanish Flu.<\/p>\n
Police could also be told to switch their focus to only tackle "serious crime"if emergency services start to buckle under pressure.<\/p>\n
NHS England said we have been at a Level 4 since January.<\/p>\n
NHS England has mandated hospitals test all patients in intensive care who are showing signs of a lung infection for coronavirus.<\/p>\n
All trusts have been ordered to set up 24 hour, seven-day a week incident teams that will be overseen by regional and national teams to coordinate the NHS response in the event of a surge of cases.<\/p>\n