SUDBURY, Ont. — Public health officials in Sudbury, Ont., have dismissed students and staff from two schools following five confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Lasalle Secondary School and Cyril Varney Public School were closed today.
All five cases have been identified by Public Health Sudbury & Districts as variants of concern.
The afternoon route of elementary bus N100 is also affected.
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Staff and students at the two schools and on the bus route are being advised by public health officials to self-isolate and get tested for COVID-19.
Officials say there is no evidence that the virus was acquired or spread within the school communities, so no outbreak has been declared.
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