The kids heading back to school amid COVID-19 this month has brought a lot of uncertainty for students and their families.
Sudbury.com reached out to our readers for their back-to-school questions, and we've endeavoured to find some answers.
Today’s question: What happens if a student or staff member at my child’s school tests positive for COVID-19?
Answer: Public Health Sudbury & Districts recently put out some information related to exact this scenario.
PHSD said each specific situation will be handled based on the findings of public health’s investigation. Public health will work very closely with school principals in these instances.
Anyone who was in close contact with the infected person will be advised to go home and self-isolate for 14 days and get tested for COVID-19.
This could include other students or teacher(s) from the person’s class, school transportation, extracurricular activities, and before- and after-school programs.
If two or more confirmed COVID-19 cases in students or staff in a school are linked to each other, an outbreak will be declared by public health.
If this happens, the medical officer of health will determine who must stay away from school and self-isolate and be tested.
According to information from the province, a whole school could actually be dismissed if there is evidence of potential widespread transmission within the school.
Premier Doug Ford promised Wednesday to publicly disclose COVID-19 infection rates in the province's schools and allow municipalities to reimpose public health restrictions if needed.
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