Another cohort at Ecole McIsaac School has reported a positive COVID-19 case - the second such case this week.
At least one new COVID-19 case was reported by the school and provincial health officials May 20, found in the school's orange cohort. The orange cohort consists of classes covering some Grades 3, 4 and 5 students. In a form letter sent home to parents, the person (or persons) who tested positive were in the orange cohort May 17 and 18 when they may have been infectious.
“The school is working closely with public health officials and is following their recommendations. Close contacts have been identified and are advised to self-isolate along with their household members,” reads the letter.
“If you have not been contacted by the school stating your child is a potential close contact and a public health official has not contacted you, your child has not been identified as being exposed to COVID-19 from this/these cases.”
It is the second time in a week that at least one confirmed COVID-19 case was reported at McIsaac - at least one case was found in the school's blue cohort and announced May 16. The original case was believed to have been in the school May 10, 11 and 13 during a period where they may have been infectious. The blue cohort covers the Kindergarten Larouche, Grade 2 Bedford, Grade 2 Frederick and Grade 2/3 Reitlo classes. It is unknown if there is a connection between the cases in the two cohorts.
Anyone who was in the orange cohort, including staff and students, is asked to self-monitor for the now-traditional COVID-19 symptoms, ranging from a fever, chills, sore throat, loss of taste or smell, vomiting and the like. If those symptoms arise, people are asked to self-isolate and present for testing to Flin Flon General Hospital - public health advises the testing because it will help health workers determine whether the school is the place where the disease was transmitted.
Schools or school divisions are not permitted, as per provincial policy, to provide identifying information about COVID-19 cases to the media, to members of school staff, students or to the community at large.
