COVID-19 outbreaks declared at 2 Waterloo Region schools – Kitchener

Waterloo Area’s public well being unit has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at St. Brigid Catholic Elementary Faculty.

The outbreak on the Ayr, Ont., college was declared on Sunday after a scholar examined optimistic for the virus on Friday after which one other scholar on Saturday.

In a letter house to oldsters, public well being stated an outbreak in a faculty is outlined as two or extra lab-confirmed circumstances in college students, workers or different guests with an epidemiological hyperlink.

The circumstances should even be inside a 14-day interval the place a minimum of one case may have been “fairly acquired their an infection within the college.” That additionally contains transportation and earlier than or after college care.

One other case at St. Brigid was confirmed on Sept. 7, simply two days into the college 12 months, however it’s unclear if all three circumstances are linked.

Regardless of the outbreak, the college stays open as of Monday.

An outbreak was additionally declared at Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary Faculty in Baden, Ont., on Sunday as effectively.

“Public Well being’s investigation has decided {that a} scholar case, beforehand reported, is linked to an earlier scholar case in a Grade 11 class cohort,” the general public college board stated in an announcement.

It added that the outbreak is expounded so this particular Grade 11 class solely and isn’t a school-wide outbreak.

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