One-quarter of the neighbourhood s residents are single parents, many with school-age children who are suddenly home indefinitely.
Sumaiya Hirsi, 11, worried about infecting her family after two classmates tested positive for COVID-19 at the end of March.(Jean Delisle/CBC)
Sumaiya Hirsi, 11, hasn t attended class since March 29, when her entire Grade 5 class at Sawmill Creek Elementary School was sent home after two students tested positive for COVID-19.
Hirsi, who shares a four-bedroom rowhouse on Bridle Path Drive with her mother, her aunt and four older siblings, worried about infecting her family. I had to stay upstairs until I got my test [results] back. I could have infected my mom and her daycare. My siblings all work, said Hirsi, who normally shares a bed with her mother, a child-care worker.