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Posted: Feb 25, 2021 8:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 25
Beauty in numbers: Grade 12 student Zeke Dukart has been working on this math-themed mural at F.H. Collins Secondary School in Whitehorse.(Philippe Morin/CBC)
Revised - Some students at F.H. Collins Secondary School have been advised to go into self-isolation by Yukon Communicable Disease Control. The issue was addressed to parents in a letter sent out by a deputy-minister with the Department of Education.
“We are writing to let you know that some high school-aged students in Whitehorse have been advised by Yukon Communicable Disease Control to self-isolate in an abundance of caution due to a potential exposure to COVID-19 over the Christmas break while outside of school,” says a letter to parents from the department, obtained by the Star.
The letter goes on to state “the Yukon Communicable Disease Control and the Chief Medical Officer of Health have advised us that no high school in Whitehorse is currently considered an exposure site for potential COVID-19 transmission, and that all Yukon schools remain low-risk environments.
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Dr. Brendan Hanley, Yukon s chief medical officer of health, says health officials are investigating after an undisclosed number of Whitehorse high school students were possibly exposed to COVID-19.(Steve Silva/CBC)
Some Whitehorse high school students are being urged to self-isolate after a potential COVID-19 exposure over the Christmas break. A letter sent to parents of students at F.H. Collins Secondary School says Yukon Communicable Disease Control is in the process of contacting students who may be at risk.
Yukon s Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Brendan Hanley said a person who tested positive attended several gatherings that were also attended by students. Hanley won t say how many students could be affected but he said the risk at city schools remains low.