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Coronavirus: Dalhousie reports positive COVID-19 case in Halifax residence

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Dalhousie University sent a memo to its students and faculty that a person in residence tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

“At the onset of symptoms, the student sought testing and informed the university upon a positive result,” the school said in an email to the community.

Dal said the individual is self-isolating in accordance with the school’s COVID-19 response plan.

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Public Health is working to identify close contacts of the individual and, according to Dalhousie, “potential exposure risk in this case is low.”

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The school said all rooms and sites accessed by the individual with a positive case have been sanitized and no sites of potential exposure have been identified as of Tuesday night.

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Due to privacy reasons, Dalhousie did not provide any further details on the case.

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