Seven students at King William’s College have tested positive for coronavirus.
The College has confirmed that the cluster of positive Covid cases found on the island on Sunday involves some of its international boarding students.
A total of 26 students returned to the island on January 4 and have been quarantining in a bubble on the College site ever since.
Seven of them tested positive following their test on day 13.
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The children are 16 and 17-year-olds who attend the College in order to study the International Baccalaureate in the Sixth Form and many of them have been at the school for many years.
None of the students have shown any symptoms and they remain in good spirits.
It was announced on Sunday that nine new cases of Covid had been detected in the island.
Of these, seven - now confirmed to be the students at King William’s College - were described as being close contacts of someone who tested positive for the virus having travelled to the island.