December 23, 2020 · 0 Comments
By Sam Odrowski
Orangeville District Secondary School (ODSS) has six confirmed cases of COVID-19 and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health closed three classrooms before the holidays because of the current outbreak.
Classes are closed when there’s a positive case that’s considered a “high risk contact” by Public Health. Classes can have a positive case and remain open if the infected student wasn’t at school during their infectious period.
For an entire school to be shut down, there has to be evidence of students or staff spreading the virus amongst one another within its walls.
Danny Williamson of WDG Public Health told the Citizen, they have a very targeted approach when dealing with COVID-19 in schools, so wherever possible, they’ll opt to isolate the affected classrooms instead of shutting everything down.