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New Brunswick reports COVID-19 case at school in Perth-Andover

New Brunswick has reported a confirmed COVID-19 case connected to Southern Victoria High School in Perth-Andover, N.B. Google Maps

New Brunswick say a single case of COVID-19 has also been tied to the Southern Victoria High School in Perth-Andover, N.B.

The school community has been notified and students will learn from home for the remainder of the week.

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Health officials stressed that no student-to-student transmission has been determined in any school.

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Close contacts will be contacted by the province’s public health department.

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If parents or students are not contacted then they have not been identified as a close contact.

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