A school has closed today due to an outbreak of norovirus among staff and children.
Coppice Primary School, in Manford Way, Chigwell, will undergo a “deep clean” today and at the weekend following advice from environmental health experts.
Details of the numbers affected by the virus, also known as the winter vomiting bug, have not been released.
The school is expected to re-open on Monday.
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