An outbreak was declared at Hillcrest Public School in Cambridge after a pair of positive tests for the coronavirus, the Waterloo Region District School Board announced Wednesday.
It says that Waterloo Public Health has determined that a case involving a staff member was connected to an earlier case involving a student.
Two other staff members at the school have been asked to isolate in addition to the cohort that had previously been asked to isolate.
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The WRDSB says no other students from Hillcrest Public School need to isolate.
The outbreak at Hillcrest is one of three active outbreaks at schools in Waterloo Region.
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An outbreak was declared at Franklin Public School in Kitchener on Dec. 13 after two students who were last at the school on Dec. 8 tested positive for COVID-19.
Another one was also declared at Monsignor Doyle Catholic Secondary School in Cambridge after two cases were found to be connected.
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