Virus warnings issued Sunday for two Winnipeg schools
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This article was published 13/09/2020 (2006 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Just as the second week of school is set to begin, public health officials are warning of two more possible COVID-19 exposures at Winnipeg schools.
On Sunday afternoon, the province announced a possible exposure occurred at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute at 720 Alverstone St. on Wednesday, Sept. 9 in the morning and Thursday, Sept. 10 in the afternoon.
A second possible exposure occurred at John Pritchard School at 1490 Henderson Hwy. on Sept. 8, Sept. 9 and Sept. 10 in both the morning and afternoon each day.
In both cases, public health officials say the individuals attended the schools while asymptomatic and that the infection was not acquired at the school.
Schools and cohorts are being notified, the province said in its release on Sunday. Additional cleaning of high-touch areas is being undertaken, the release added.
The risk is deemed low as physical distancing was maintained while the individuals were at school and masks were worn. There are no close contacts connected to the cases and public health officials have not advised anyone to self-isolate. Others who were at the sites do not need to self-isolate, the province said, but should self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19.
The new cases follow two earlier reports of possible exposures at Manitoba schools.
On Saturday, health officials said additional cleaning was underway at Ecole New Era School in Brandon, after an asymptomatic person was at the school for a short time on Friday. On Wednesday, officials confirmed a Grade 7 student at Churchill High School attended school while asymptomatic on Sept. 8.
Like the two cases announced Sunday, risk of transmission was also considered low in the previous cases.
Earlier on Sunday, public health officials announced 18 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba, bringing the total number of lab-confirmed cases in the province to 1,428.
Eleven of cases are in the Winnipeg health region. Three cases are in Southern Health, while two cases are in the Interlake-Eastern region. One case was reported in the Northern health region and one in Prairie Mountain Health.
There are 239 active cases of COVID-19 and 1,173 individuals have recovered.
Fifteen people are in hospital and three are in intensive care.
Sixteen Manitobans have died as a result of the virus.
A total of 1,525 tests were completed on Saturday, bringing the total number of lab tests completed since early February to 154,756.