Newfoundland schools adjust health measures as COVID-19 outbreak grows
CBC
Schools in different parts of Newfoundland are adapting to COVID-19 exposures in their areas as new cases continue to rise in the central region of the island.
On Sunday, Dr. Monika Dutt, medical officer of health for Central Health, issued a statement recommending schools in the Twillingate area operate under the "high risk" measures outlined under the province's return to school plan for 2021. One exception includes keeping playgrounds open.
A COVID-19 cluster originally located in Baie Verte shifted into the Twillingate area late last week. As of Sunday the central Newfoundland cluster is still under investigation and has 75 confirmed cases connected to it.
Health officials have said the coronavirus's delta variant has been the cause of the outbreak.
"It is concerning, but I think we're seeing some positive changes in the Baie Verte Peninsula area and now we're working through trying to have the same types of changes in terms of less impact of COVID-19 in other parts of central," Dutt told CBC Radio's Newfoundland Morning on Monday.
Twillingate, New World Island and communities accessed via Route 340, starting at and including Boyd's Cove, moved to Alert Level 3 effective midnight on Saturday.
On Sunday, Central Health informed families of students at Twillingate Island Elementary that a member of the school community had tested positive for COVID-19. Some families received notifications from the health authority because their child was identified as a "high-risk contact" through contact tracing by public health workers.
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