The London District Catholic School Board said Holy Rosary Catholic Elementary School will be closed from April 6 to 9 after half of the students along with two-thirds of staff were self-isolating due to the three positive COVID-19 cases.
LONDON, ONT. According to the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) website, there are currently 26 schools in the region with at least one or more active COVID-19 cases, but only a small fraction have led to outbreaks or closures. The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) Medical Officer of Health Dr. Chris Mackie says, We really have not seen a lot of spread in schools here.the vast majority of cases diagnosed in school were acquired at home. We ve seen very little transmission within schools, really only a handful of cases among the tens of thousands of students that have been in school for the last two months, so schools are not a place of high transmission in this area.
London Ont., elementary school is closing temporarily after a COVID-19 outbreak was declared. Two-thirds of staff and half of students are in isolation.
LONDON, ONT. A London District Catholic School Board (LDCSB) elementary school in Woodstock, Ont. has closed temporarily due to an outbreak of COVID-19. On Thursday, Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) declared an outbreak at St. Michael s Catholic Elementary School. So far there have been three cases among staff confirmed at the school, which has more than 400 students and staff Dr. Joyce Lock, SWPH medical officer of health, explains, “It ended up being a good chunk of the school (in contact) so there weren t many students left over by the time we considered all the contacts of those three cases.” LDCSB Director of Education Linda Staudt adds, “What makes this situation unique is that it s involving staff who as part of their regular school day are going into multiple classrooms. As a result of that there was many classrooms that have been affected.”