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Scarves, balaclavas or neck gaiters are no substitute for masks on school buses, Chuck Seguin, executive director of the Nipissing Parry Sound Student Transportation, said in a news release Friday.
This comes as students head back to school Monday for in-class learning.
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“Elementary students and secondary students in the seven Northern Ontario public health unit regions will proceed with returning to in-person learning Monday,” Seguin said. “This includes Nipissing-Parry Sound Districts.
Author of the article: Joe O Grady
Publishing date: Jan 08, 2021 • January 8, 2021 • 1 minute read •
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While Timiskaming isn’t exactly a COVID-19 oasis with 10 cases still active in the district, the news is much more grim in surrounding jurisdictions.
Nearby Rouyn-Noranda is once again a hotspot with an alarming 71 active cases as of today.
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The entire Quebec district of Abitibi-Temiscamingue is in the red zone, with 147 active cases over all including 13 in the Temiscamingue region. There are almost as many active cases today as the total number of resolved (167) since the pandemic began last spring.