School Transmission

• Mix of Ottawa sports game, social events led to series of COVID-19 cases, school disruptions

  Ottawa Public Health's latest COVID-19 case study shows how the coronavirus spread from a sports game and a social gathering among unvaccinated people.

  Health

  Oct 27, 2021
  
• 314 children picked up COVID-19 in school setting within Interior Health: provincial health officer

  There are now 55 schools across the Southern Interior reporting at least one COVID-19 exposure, which is a 30 per cent improvement from just a week earlier.

  Health

  Oct 20, 2021
  
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• 694 COVID-19 cases linked to N.S. schools as potential exposure sites

  The Nova Scotia Teachers Union president wants to know what the province's return to school will look like in the fall, given the hundreds of COVID-19 exposures linked to schools.

  Education

  Jul 15, 2021
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• COVID-19 transmission goes up among B.C. kids when schools on break: data

  The province has released new data showing rates of transmission among kids throughout the school year, starting Sept. 7 and going up until April 9.

  Health

  Apr 15, 2021
• COVID-19 claims higher among elementary school teachers than secondary teachers: WorkSafeBC

  The WorkSafeBC data does not distinguish where the teacher contracted the virus.

  Health

  Mar 16, 2021
• BC Teachers’ Federation hoping for masks in classrooms, better ventilation as part of upcoming announcement

  Currently students are required to wear masks in high traffic areas where cohorts mingle.

  Health

  Feb 3, 2021
• Quebec Superior Court begins hearing final arguments in trial over at-home learning

  The legal action is asking for parents' ability to decide whether to physically send their children to school or not during the COVID-19 crisis.

  Health

  Jan 28, 2021
• COVID-19 outbreak declared at St. Marguerite d’Youville Catholic School in northwest London

  The health unit says the latest case 'appears to be associated with a previous one' reported on Saturday, suggesting transmission between the cases.

  Health

  Dec 1, 2020