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2 more TDSB schools shut down following COVID-19 investigations
by Michael Ranger
Last Updated Dec 15, 2020 at 3:34 pm EDT
Toronto District School Board building. (CITYNEWS/FILE)
Public health investigations into COVID-19 cases has now led to the shutdown of two more schools within the Toronto District School Board.
Toronto Public Health has advised the board to close Humber Summit Middle School, located in the area of Islington and Finch Avenues and Clairlea Public School in Scarborough.
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TDSB COVID advisory page lists two infections among students and two infections among staff at Humber Summit. The page says three cases are resolved at the school.
9 TDSB schools to stay closed until early January due to COVID-19
by News Staff
Last Updated Dec 14, 2020 at 6:28 am EDT
A family walk past the sign at Thorncliffe Park Public School in Toronto on Friday December 4, 2020. Toronto Public Health closed the school due to a COVID19 outbreak. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
The Toronto District School Board has announced eight more schools will be closed until early January due to COVID-19 outbreaks, including a pair of East York schools that were set to re-open on Monday for in-class learning.
According to a tweet Sunday afternoon, the TDSB says on the advice of Toronto Public Health, City Adult Learning Centre, Humewood Community School, R.H. McGregor Elementary School, David Lewis Public School and Grenoble Public School will all be closed to students and staff until January 4.
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Further, @TOPublicHealth is also advising that students & staff at Thorncliffe Park PS & Fraser Mustard Early Learning Academy continue to be dismissed from Mon, Dec 14 and, due to winter break, will return Mon, Jan 4 to allow TPH time to continue their investigations. Toronto District School Board (@tdsb) December 13, 2020
Thorncliffe Park Public School’s COVID-19 outbreak involves 31 cases in students and two in staff, as well as 17 resolved cases.
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Last month, the Ontario government introduced voluntary testing for asymptomatic students, faculty and staff at schools in regions with high infection rates.