Pupils at top NI grammar school being sent home after one student tests positive

Around 200 pupils at a top NI grammar school are being sent home this morning after a pupil in their year group tested positive for COVID-19.

A spokesman from Belfast Royal Academy (BRA) said that one pupil in their Lower Sixth year had tested positive - and all 200 pupils were being sent home this morning.

She added that it did not affect any other area of the school at this time.

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