Almost half of HWDSB families surveyed are interested in a remote learning option in September cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Schools are not safe, union leaders want Hamilton schools closed amid more COVID-19 cases
Union leaders at Hamilton school boards are calling for full remote learning as students and staff continue to contract COVID-19. They re also casting doubt on Premier Doug Ford s insistence that schools are safe right now.
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Posted: Mar 31, 2021 5:19 PM ET | Last Updated: March 31
Hamilton s low vaccine supply is the reason the city is not yet offering vaccines to people over age 65, as in neighbouring Halton Region.(Bobby Hristova/CBC)
2 new outbreaks and 16 school-related COVID-19 cases in Hamilton since Thursday cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With the winter break approaching, there is concern families won t abide by public health recommendations and will gather during the holidays. People do gather around that Christmas holiday . We would have people potentially coming back to school who may have engaged in a gathering larger than you re supposed to, increasing the risk [to others] and they would be asymptomatic, so it wouldn t necessarily be caught by screening, Danko said.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce said in a statement on Friday afternoon that as we continue to see increased rates of community transmission, our schools remain safe. To put this into perspective eight out of ten schools in this province have no active COVID-19 cases at all and 99.66 per cent of students have never reported a case of COVID-19, he said.