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Over 100,000 Ontario Students Return to In-person Learning
Over 100,000 students from several regions across southern Ontario returned to school on Monday for the first time since winter break. But they will have to follow stricter COVID-19 measures to keep themselves and school staff safe, according to the province’s education minister, Stephen Lecce.
In a statement released on Sunday, Lecce told schools in seven public health units that will reopen for in-person classes on Jan. 25, that the province has introduced “additional and tougher layers of protection” in its safety measures and protocols to keep students and staff safe, as advised by the province’s chief medical officer, Dr. David Williams.
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Schools in seven public health units across southern Ontario reopen for in-person classes Monday.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce says that means 100,000 students will be returning to the classroom for the first time since before the winter break.
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The province is implementing more safety measures in areas where schools are reopening, including requiring students in grades 1 through 3 to wear masks indoors and when physical distancing isn’t possible outside as well.
It’s also introducing “targeted asymptomatic testing” and enhanced screening protocols in those regions.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting no new cases for the third time in four days.
Staff note that two people have recovered since their last update on Sunday.
There are now a total of 18 active cases in the region. The seven-day case rate per 100,000 is now 5.3.
Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health is also reporting no new cases today. Staff say the region now has a total of 16 active cases.
Staff from that health unit did announce today, that the first case of the UK variant has been detected in Kingston.
Dr. Kieran Moore, Medical Officer of Health, says that anyone in these categories, should get a COVID-19 test regardless is they have symptoms or not.
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