Throughout this temporary closure period, York Region Public Health continues to monitor if additional cases arise. Essentially, the school will hit a reset button following this 14-day period Upon the reopening of the school, Public Health nurses will be onsite at the school to conduct an additional infection prevention and control assessment (iPAC) to ensure … Continue reading “What are the factors considered by York Region Public Health to determine a school is safe to reopen after it was temporarily closed as a result of an outbreak?”
York Region Public Health conducts an investigation into all possible exposures Close contacts identified are contacted by York Region Public Health with next steps which may include self-isolation for 14 days This applies to students who take the bus
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York Region Public Health sends a cohort/class home to self-isolate for 14-days because this duration of time is the incubation period for COVID-19. Afterwards, you are no longer considered contagious. If you develop symptoms and get a positive test result, your isolation period may be extended. This means that if a student/individual becomes symptomatic or … Continue reading “Why are students allowed to go back to school if they don’t show symptoms within two weeks of being in close contact with a positive COVID-19 case? What if they are asymptomatic?”
Close contact: If an individual has tested positive for COVID-19, members of their household must also self-isolate. Those household members would then be considered a close contact. Contact of a contact: Individuals who were potentially exposed to a positive case of COVID-19 must self-isolate, however, the members of their household are not required to self-isolate.
Health and safety protocols remain in place, i.e. physical distancing, washroom use indicators to ensure social distancing, maximum capacity and more Public health nurses reviewed/approved the school’s washroom procedure Students sanitize their hands when they leave the classroom and again when they return All high touch surfaces are cleaned regularly throughout the day
Yes, York Region Public Health conducts contact tracing. The criteria is as follows: In a school setting, a close contact is defined as a cohort of students in a class with a confirmed case Individuals who were less than 2 metres/6 feet apart and were face to face with each other for 10 to 15 … Continue reading “Is York Region Public Health conducting contact tracing? What is the criteria used to determine who should be contacted?”
The YCDSB follows direction from the Province of Ontario and York Region Public Health. Read the Ministry of Health’s COVID-19 Guidance: School Outbreak Management, please. Read the Province of Ontario’s Operational Guidance: COVID-19 Management in Schools. Learn more about what happens when a case of COVID-19 is detected at a school.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, YCDSB has been working closely with – and taking direction from – the Ministry of Education (MOE), the Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health, and York Region Public Health (YRPH). York Region is still in a state of emergency and is currently in full response to COVID-19. YRPH is working closely … Continue reading “What is the plan in place should a second wave of COVID-19 happen?”
Once a suspected case of COVID-19 is noted, York Region Public Health (YRPH) must be notified. YRPH will conduct a thorough investigation and following their investigation, will direct the response from that point onwards. All confirmed cases will require a period of self-isolation as dictated by YRPH. In secondary schools, the re-entry point is when … Continue reading “If a child contracts COVID-19, will the whole class have to self-isolate for 14 days?”
