COVID-19 Exposure at Crofton Elementary School
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Island Health is reporting that Crofton Elementary School had a confirmed COVID-19 exposure between January 25th and 27th.
Public Health works directly with school staff to identify anyone who may have been exposed to the Coronavirus and conduct contact and case management.
If you haven’t been contacted by Island Health, your child is not at-risk and can continue attending classes, assuming they don’t have any associated symptoms.
Other local exposure locations and dates:
Chemainus Secondary School – January 25, 26, 27, 28, 2021
Lake Cowichan School – January 20, 21, 22, 25, 2021
Shawnigan Lake School – January 18, 19, 20, 2021
VICTORIA Three more schools on Vancouver Island have been added to Island Health’s COVID-19 exposure list. The potential exposures occurred at Crofton Elementary School, Chemainus Secondary School and Bayview Elementary School. At Crofton Elementary, located at 8017 York Ave., Island Health says possible exposures took place on Jan. 25 and Jan. 27. Meanwhile, at Chemainus Secondary, exposures may have taken place on Jan. 25, 26, 27 and 28. In Nanaimo, possible COVID-19 exposures took place on Jan. 27 and Jan. 29 at Bayview Elementary School. Each school exposure is so far limited to a single person, according to Island Health. Whenever a school has a potential COVID-19 exposure, Island Health reaches out to close contacts of the individual. If your family is not contacted by public health workers, you can continue attending school as usual.
COVID-19 Exposure at a School in Lake Cowichan
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Another school in the Cowichan Valley School District is dealing with a COVID-19 exposure.
On its Facebook page, Lake Cowichan Secondary School has posted the letter parents of students, as well as the staff, received from Island Health advising them of the exposure dates: January 20, 21, 23, and 25, 2021.
Island Health reports contact tracing has been done to determine who needs to self-isolate for 14 days.
Unless told otherwise, parents are still expected to send their children to school.
There have been four other schools that recently reported exposures in School District 79 during the month of January, they are Alexander Elementary, Cowichan Secondary School, Quimichan Middle School, and Chemainus Secondary School.
The province reported 500 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, including 32 in Island Health. There are 177 active cases on the Island. The central Island region which includes the Cowichan Valley, Oceanside, Nanaimo, and Alberni/Clayoquot has the most, with 132 confirmed cases. There are another 22 in the south Island, and 22 in the north. There have also been 14 new deaths, bringing to 1,104 the number of COVID-19 related fatalities since March. None of the deaths were on Vancouver Island, but Island Health confirmed that two recent deaths are linked to the outbreak at Chartwell Malaspina Care Residence in Nanaimo. Seven residents and one staff member have tested positive for COVID-19 at the facility. Island Health said there have been multiple rounds of follow-up testing on staff and residents, and no new cases have been identified since Jan. 6.
“We follow the direction of Island Health,” said district spokesman Mike Russell. Chemainus Secondary School, Cowichan Secondary School and Quamichan School have also had COVID-19 exposures this month. An exposure is when a single person with a confirmed case of COVID-19 attends a school during their infectious period. Duncan Christian School, a private school that is not part of the district, will be closed until Feb. 1 after several people in the school community tested positive for COVID-19. A notice was issued Monday by the Sooke School District saying there had been a COVID-19 exposure at Royal Bay Secondary School.
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