Nanyang Primary School has reportedly been seeing a spike in the number of cases of fevers and coughs among their students over the last few days, since 26 January.
The school sent out a circular to some of the students’ parents on 27 January and informed them of the situation.
They have also moved some of the classes to home-based learning for the next 2 days.
The school reiterated that their emphasis is on the safety of their students, which is of the utmost importance, and they will be cleaning and disinfecting the common areas of the school grounds.
According to The Straits Times, Nanyang Primary School had reportedly detected an increase in the number of students with fever, cough and sore throat for 4 days straight.
The parents found out that students across different levels were affected, and the school then “strongly encouraged” their students to wear masks this week.
The principal of the school, Madam Wong Li Peng, said that the encouragement to wear masks was a precautionary measure.
She also added that none of the cases were related to Covid-19, but they have nevertheless stopped all physical morning assemblies and reduced the number of school activities.
Some of the classes have also been moved to home-based learning temporarily.