Elementary School Covid-19 Outbreak in Lucan, Ont. ruins Halloween for more than 125 kids forced to quarantine

A COVID-19 outbreak at Wilberforce Public School in Lucan, Ont. is about to reach double-digits.

A COVID-19 outbreak at Wilberforce Public School in Lucan, Ont. is about to reach double-digits.

"Nine cases have been officially linked to the school," says Dr. Alex Summers, associate medical officer of health for the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU).

"We're anticipating that that number will increase slightly over the next day or two as we are investigating some additional cases at the moment.”

The outbreak couldn't have come at a worse time for the young children in the community. Sunday is Halloween, but because the kids are under the age of 12, and unvaccinated, they and their close contacts are forced to quarantine for 10 days.

"We have 130 children that in our community cannot go trick or treating," says Kelly Tait, a mom of two from Lucan who has two kids who attend Wilberforce PS.

"So a couple of moms, put a post on Facebook, and it blew up and we got lots of donations.”