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Education Minister Stephen Lecce previously announced Ontario schools would stay open for the four-week duration of the Ontario-wide shutdown. Both Lecce and Ontario chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams have maintained schools remain safe and there has been hardly any in-school transmission of COVID-19 occur provincewide.
Paediatric experts have consistently voiced the need to keep schools open and 300 healthcare professionals recently sent a letter to Lecce and Ontario Premier Doug Ford calling on them to keep schools open.
“We know from the extensive school testing that we do that we have seen minimal transmission of COVID in schools in other words, almost no secondary cases,” said Dr. Martha Fulford, an infectious diseases specialist based out of Hamilton who focuses on paediatric issues, in response to the news out of Peel. “We should be making the decisions based on the data we have and on the overwhelming
Peel Region shutters schools for 2 weeks, moving to remote learning amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Schools in Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga will be closed for the next two weeks, after Peel Public Health issued a Section 22 order under the Ontario Health Protection and Promotion Act.
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Posted: Apr 05, 2021 2:35 PM ET | Last Updated: April 5 This closure is a necessary step, said the region s medical officer of health, Dr. Lawrence Loh in the release. I know this will be challenging for parents to navigate and we appreciate all the sacrifices parents continue to make as we continue to fight COVID-19 in our community. (CBC)