A Staffordshire primary school has been closed due to an outbreak of E. coli. Three cases have been confirmed and all pupils at Friarswood Primary School in Newcastle-under-Lyme are being tested, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said. The E. coli O157 bacteria usually causes diarrhoea, it added.
Staffordshire County Council said it is believed the infection was brought into the school from an outside source. A thorough clean is now under way.
The school will reopen when it safe to do so, the council added.
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