Manitoba parent concerned over lack of contact tracing

As students return to Manitoba classrooms Monday, one mom is raising concerns over the lack of contract tracing.

As students return to Manitoba classrooms Monday, one mom is raising concerns over the lack of contract tracing.

On Jan. 11, the province announced schools will no longer provide close contact notification or information on individual COVID-19 cases. Instead, schools will monitor absenteeism rates and self-reported cases.

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"It's just kind of scary because before at least, you would be informed - okay, there's a case in the school, it's not in my child's cohort. I can decide what to do,” said parent Andrea Clarke. “Now it's just wide open."

Clarke is concerned case numbers are going to skyrocket and feels the return to classrooms is happening without the right measures in place.

"I just feel like there's a lack of foresight in thinking about consequences for families on the province's part. (It) puts schools, parents, families in a really awkward position," said Clarke.

Clarke said she is not confident sending her child to school, but it is not only the safety of her son that she has to worry about.