School shuts in Spain's Basque Country after teachers test COVID-19 positive

FILE PHOTO: Parents and pupils queue to enter a school after the summer holidays during the coronavirus disease (COVID 19) outbreak, at Colegio Pureza de Maria school in Bilbao, Spain, September 7, 2020. REUTERS/Vincent West/File Photo

MADRID (Reuters) - Authorities in Spain's Basque Country region said on Thursday they had shut down a primary school after several teachers tested positive for COVID-19, the first to be closed entirely in the week classrooms reopened across the country.

Students have begun to return to school after a six-month shutdown, prompting feelings of relief but also concerns of further infection in the country that already has the most cases in Western Europe.