COVID-19 outbreak declared at London high school

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A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Mother Teresa Catholic secondary school in London.

The Middlesex-London Health Unit declared the outbreak at the north London school on Saturday. There are three circumstances.

Outbreaks are declared at colleges with greater than two circumstances the place one case is prone to have turn into contaminated at the school.

The outbreak at Mother Teresa is one in all 5 lively outbreaks at colleges in London and Middlesex County.

All of the outbreaks have been declared since Friday, April 9, the final day of lessons earlier than the spring break.

A complete of 30 COVID-19 circumstances have been reported at 23 London-area colleges within the final  10 days, the Middlesex-London Health Unit experiences on its web site.

One case has been reported at Lord Roberts, the French immersion school within the Woodfield neighbourhood, the Thames Valley District school board mentioned Saturday.

Anyone who’s an in depth contact and must quarantine for 14 days can be contacted instantly by the school board or native well being unit, the board mentioned.

“If you don’t obtain a letter from Thames Valley indicating the general public well being unit has recognized your baby as an in depth contact, your baby just isn’t thought of to be at danger,” the board mentioned.

Schools will open Monday following the one-week spring break however college students will be taught remotely. The province introduced the shift final week due to a surge in COVID-19 circumstances and proof the virus is being unfold in the neighborhood.

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