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VICTORIA The overdose death of a 12-year-old Greater Victoria student is an example for children and parents of how lethal illicit street drugs are and the reach of the overdose crisis, says the girl’s mother.
Allayah Yoli Thomas, a Grade 6 student at Gordon Head Middle School, died April 15, two months after she turned 12.
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The B.C. Coroners Service says it is investigating the death to determine what happened, including cause of death.
VICTORIA Adriana Londono is trying to come to terms with the fact that she will never get to see her 12-year-old daughter again. “She was too young to go,” said Londono. Her daughter Ally died of a suspected fentanyl overdose on April 14. “I was told that she was the youngest to die from an overdose from fentanyl since the COVID crisis began,” Londono said. The BC Coroners Service is still investigating the cause of death, and says the youngest person to die during B.C. s overdose crisis was 13 years old. News of the unthinkably young victim has also reached B.C.’s top doctor.
VICTORIA COVID-19 exposures have been reported at two more Vancouver Island schools this week. Exposures were reported at Colquitz Middle School in Victoria and at Errington Elementary School in Errington, according to their respective school districts. At Colquitz Middle School, an exposure occurred on April 26, according to the Greater Victoria School District. Meanwhile, at Errington Elementary, an exposure occurred on April 22. Island Health staff have initiated contact tracing to identify individuals needing to self-isolate or self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms, said the Qualicum School District in a notice Wednesday. Anyone who has not received a phone call from public health officials is advised to continue to attend school and monitor for COVID-19 symptoms as per BCCDC guidelines noted in the daily health check form, said the school district.
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VICTORIA Four more schools in the Victoria area are reporting COVID-19 exposures. The Greater Victoria School District says new exposures have been reported at Central Middle, Strawberry Vale Elementary and Margaret Jenkins Elementary schools in Victoria, as well as at Northridge Elementary school in Saanich. All of the exposures occurred between April 19 and 26, according to the school district. View Royal Elementary is also reporting a COVID-19 exposure on April 23. Anyone who has been exposed to COVID-19 in a Vancouver Island school will be contacted by public health officials directly. The new school exposures have not been added to Island Health’s list of known school exposures as of Wednesday morning. There are currently 16 island schools on the list with confirmed coronavirus exposures in the last 14 days.