But this is what I'm querying. Surely there can't be a law forbidding someone from talking about their OWN health? Even if only your immediate circle are aware initially, word gets about. How can you stop it? And why should you?
I believe schools have drawn up covid policies which are shared with staff and allude to or specifically state that if they test positive, they are to call the head and nobody else. I do know of a head who, when queried about a member of absent staff's welfare, said sternly, 'It's just a COLD!!!!' and gave an accompanying death stare. The TA who asked had just received a text from them saying they had tested positive.
In the same way, teachers are not told why certain children are absent. There used to be a 'covid absence code' used by admin which was visible to teachers on the register but now apparently it's being recorded as a general authorised illness.
All this comes from people I used to work with in and around London...different primary schools, one middle school.