EAST Lancashire schools had been put on alert following a new wave of hepatitis outbreaks, including eight cases in the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale areas in two weeks.

At one Burnley school, parents had been sent warning leaflets following a case involving a pupil and hundreds of leaflets had been sent to schools and doctors.

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