WINDSOR, ONT. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has declared a COVID-19 within a cohort at L.A. Desmarais Catholic Elementary School in Windsor. The WECHU said there are now at least two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a single classroom at the school. As per provincial direction, a school outbreak is declared if there are two or more cases and if there is evidence that at least one could have been infected at the school. “We will continue to work with public health to keep the L.A. Desmarais Catholic Elementary School community informed about the outbreak and implement all necessary additional health and safety measures to clean and disinfect the school,” Terry Lyons, director of education with the Windsor Essex Catholic District School Board said in a news release.
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The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit has declared another school outbreak.
At least two people in a single classroom at L. A. Desmarais Catholic Elementary School have tested positive for COVID-19.
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While all students in the region were ordered to study remotely from home starting Monday, the entire L. A. Desmarais class was previously dismissed, asked to isolate for 14 days, and directed to get tested, the WECHU said in a news release on Wednesday. The outbreak is currently limited to a single cohort.