This past weekend both the Regina Catholic School Division (RCSD) and the Regina Public Schools (RPS) changed the directions provided to families when a student is identified as a close contact of a COVID-19 positive case.
The new letter instructs families to get their child tested immediately upon learning they were in contact with a positive case and again on Day 10 of the mandatory 14-day isolation period.
Prior to the changes, students were told to isolate, but not instructed to get tested if asymptomatic.
"It is very good to see this increased testing of people who are potentially exposed," said Anne Huang, Saskatchewan's former deputy medical health officer.