Firefighters rescue dog from house blaze after occupants flee to safety<\/a><\/p>\nIn a message sent to parents, seen by BirminghamLive, headteacher Miss Parker sent well wishes to the child in hospital.<\/p>\n
The statement added that the school is aware that some parents are feeling ‘concerned’ at the news.<\/p>\n
Caregivers were assured that according to the UKHSA, no additional action was required while the case remained unconfirmed.<\/p>\n
And pupils have not been told to remain at home unless contacted by health professionals.<\/p>\n
However, it is understood that some worried parents have kept their children off school today (Thursday, April 30) as a precaution.<\/p>\n
Information regarding confirmation of the case of meningitis is expected over the next couple of days.<\/p>\n
We have contacted St. Nicholas CE First School for a comment.<\/p>\n
According to the NHS, symptoms of meningitis and sepsis include:<\/p>\n
a high temperaturecold hands and feetvomitingconfusionbreathing quicklymuscle and joint painpale, mottled or blotchy skin (this may be harder to see on brown or black skin)spots or a rash (this may be harder to see on brown or black skin)headachea stiff necka dislike of bright lightsbeing very sleepy or difficult to wakefits (seizures)<\/p>\n
Babies may also:<\/p>\n
refuse feedsbe irritablehave a high-pitched cryhave a stiff body or be floppy or unresponsivehave a bulging soft spot on the top of their head<\/p>\n
If you are worried about yourself or a loved one showing signs of meningitis, contact a medical professional as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The school is being guided by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) 12:04, 30 Apr 2026Updated 13:21, 30…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,2783,56,54,55,2653],"class_list":["post-559695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-staffordshire","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wolverhampton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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