I love my job, I love my kids and I was worried to death that something would happen to one of them, Noseworthy said through tears.
She had a test booked for Feb. 10, and the results were negative but Noseworthy and her fiancé followed public health recommendations to continue isolating as more cases at the school where she taught were being found. It was on Valentine s Day, the 14th, I started coughing a little bit and immediately took out my phone and put in for another COVID-19 test. I was tested on the 15th and this time it came back that I was COVID-19-positive, Noseworthy said.
Canadian authorities risk lives of staff and students by reopening Newfoundland schools despite spread of UK variant
With the blessing of the Liberal provincial government of Newfoundland and Labrador, local authorities have recklessly started reopening schools amid a major outbreak of the highly-contagious B117 variant of the coronavirus. Like governments across Canada, their priority is safeguarding the profits of big business, not the health and lives of students and teachers.
All schools in Newfoundland and Labrador were closed on Feb. 12 due to the rapid spread of the B117 variant, first identified in the UK, in metro St. John’s, the province’s capital and largest city. The rapid spread of the variant was made possible by large outbreaks in schools and workplaces, and exacerbated by widespread poverty and cramped living conditions.
While there's still no timeline for when in-class education will resume, following an outbreak of a coronavirus variant that put the province in Alert Level 5 lockdown, the provincial teachers' association hopes to get more information that will lead to stricter safety protocols in schools.
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