The risk of catching a winter vomiting bug which has affected hundreds of students at island schools appears to have lessened, according to the States. Last month two primary schools were closed and disinfected, but since the half-term holiday, there have been no high levels of sickness reported.
But the assistant director of Health Protection said there was no guarantee it would not flare up again.
Steve Smith said the Noro virus was always present in the community.
Low immunity
"This Norwalk-type virus is always circulating in certain areas of the UK and I believe that Newcastle is one area which has significant problems at the moment", he said.
"There is always the possibility we will see this flare up again in close communities.
"The difficulty with this is there is such a low level of immunity, therefore the risk of people picking it up and passing it up is always present."
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