VANCOUVER Island Health has added two more schools in Nanaimo to its online list of COVID-19 exposures, bringing the total number of schools with recent coronavirus cases in the city to six. The two most recent additions in Nanaimo are Nanaimo District Secondary School - which had exposures on Jan. 27 and 28, as well as Feb. 1 through 3 - and Brechin Elementary School, which had an exposure on Feb. 1. The other four schools in Nanaimo with recent exposures are John Barsby Community, Rock City Elementary, Qwam Qwum Stuwixwulh and Bayview Elementary. Dates for all of the recent exposures in the Island Health region can be found on the health authority s website.
Bayview Elementary, Rock City Elementary and Qwam Qwum Stuwixwulh School have also reported exposures, which is when a single person with a lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 is at a particular location while infectious. Possible exposure dates were Jan. 27 and 29 at Bayview, Jan. 27 at Rock City, and Jan. 28 at Qwam Qwum Stuwixwulh. Island Health joins with school districts to notify any close contacts. Students should continue to attend school unless public-health officials advise differently. There are 12 schools with a COVID-19 exposure listed by Island Health. Schools remain on the list until 14 days after the last date of exposure. The central Island remains the health region’s COVID-19 hot spot, with 167 of the Island’s 228 active cases, according to Island Health. The north Island has seven confirmed active cases, while the south has 54.
The reports comes on the heels of an exposure at View Royal Elementary on Jan. 27. Recent exposures were also reported at Chemainus Secondary, Cowichan Secondary and Crofton Elementary, while Ecole Macaulay Elementary had a case reported last week. An exposure means that a single person with a lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 was at a particular location while infectious. Students should continue to attend school unless public-health officials advise differently. Island Health joins with school districts to notify any close contacts. There are currently 12 schools with a COVID-19 exposure listed by Island Health. Schools remain on the list until 14 days after the last date of exposure.