It's been over a week since students have been out of class, but Region of Waterloo Public Health has now linked previous cases of COVID in three Cambridge high schools to other students previously diagnosed with the disease.
In multiple press releases on its website Monday, the Waterloo Region District School Board identified two separate class cohort outbreaks at Galt Collegiate Institute, and Jacob Hespeler Secondary School.
At Southwood Secondary School, the outbreak is more widespread, affecting three class cohorts at the school and two bus routes.
Each outbreak is linked to earlier cases. The identity of the individuals is protected by privacy legislation and will not be shared.
No additional staff or students are required to isolate now that public health has completed their assessment and no further close contacts have been identified.
The board says facilities services will continue to thoroughly clean the building, paying attention to common areas and touchpoints in accordance with Public Health guidance and recommendations.
Public Health is treating every single case of COVID-19 as a potential variant of concern before a variant is identified. As a result, our public communication will indicate only that a positive case has been identified. For all cases of COVID-19, Public Health is conducting enhanced case and contact management.
