The president of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union says he s puzzled by last week s decision to reopen schools in the Halifax area considering five have since had to close because of COVID-19 cases.
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COVID at Fairview Junior High Around 10 o clock last night, the province issued a press release about a case diagnosed at Fairview Junior High School. Is the new patient a student? A teacher? The principal? The province doesn t elaborate, only saying the person is connected to the school. FJHS is now closed until Monday. The school will inform families about at-home learning, says the provincial announcement, advising that close contacts of the infected person will hear from public health to talk about testing and a two-week quarantine. Out of an abundance of caution, public health is recommending that all students and staff be tested for COVID-19, whether or not they have symptoms. No self-isolation is required while they wait for test results, unless they have been identified as a close contact by public health
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After just one week of in-person learning since winter break, COVID-19 cases are already rising rapidly in Calgary schools, with public high schools shuttering classes until next week and some junior high grades moving online until the end of the month.
Schools with the Calgary Board of Education are reporting at least 66 new cases of COVID-19 for the month of January so far, forcing up to 2,400 students and 200 staff into quarantine.
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