ONE HUNDRED students from a Dorset school are isolating after positive Covid cases.

Roughly 100 students from Queen Elizabeth's School in Wimborne are isolating after five Year 9 students tested positive for coronavirus.

A spokesman for the school said: "We have had five confirmed Year 9 Covid cases with about 100 students isolating."

Last week, a number of schools including Thomas Hardye in Dorchester, The Purbeck School, Bovington Academy and Atlantic Academy on Portland all confirmed Covid cases.

Sam Crowe, Director of Public Health for Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole councils said: "We are aware that a number of schools in Dorset have received confirmed cases of Covid-19. These schools are working closely with Public Health Dorset, Dorset Council and Public Health England South West to ensure that all necessary measures are being met.

"All close contacts of the confirmed cases have been notified and need to self-isolate for 10 days. Contacts of the confirmed cases should get tested if they go on to develop symptoms. Even if people test negative, they must still self-isolate for 10 days."