Brantford has two new COVID-19 outbreaks, anoterh at Simcoe Composite School
April 16, 2021
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Brantford has announced two new COVID-19 community outbreaks and Haldimand-Norfolk has one at Simcoe Composite School.
The City announced Brantford Transit employees and and staff members at Brant Food Centre tested positive for COVID-19 and declared outbreaks on April 14.
Brant County Health Unit (BCHU) declared a workplace outbreak at the Brantford Transit terminal after four employees tested positive for COVID-19.
A workplace outbreak is declared when there are two or more laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases with an link to the workplace within a 14-day period, where people could have gotten sick in the workplace.
COVID-19 Outbreaks Declared at Russell Reid Public School and McKinnon Park Secondary School
April 6, 2021
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Brantford, Ont. – The Brant County Health Unit declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Russell Reid Public School in Brantford and the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit declared a COVID-19 outbreak at McKinnon Park Secondary School in Caledonia Tuesday April 6.
The Ministry of Education’s Operational Guidance defines an outbreak as two or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in students and/or staff in a school with an epidemiological link, within a 14-day period, where at least one case could have reasonably acquired their infection in the school.
News of the second COVID-19 case at Russell Reid came on April 6. The first case was identified on April 5. News of the second COVID-19 case at McKinnon Park came on April 3. The first case was identified on April 2.