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If my child has head lice, do they need to be kept off school?

Answered by Dawn Kelly
8th September 2015

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If your child does have head lice, it is likely that they have had them for several weeks. As such, keeping your child away from school would be unlikely to stop the transmission of head lice either to or from your little one.

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