Add Another Case of COVID at a Niagara School

Monday, 1 March 2021 04:19

By Tami Jeanneret

DSBN reporting three new cases and Niagara Catholic one additional infection.

The DSBN reporting a case of COVID-19 at Quaker Road Public School in Welland.

This on top of two cases at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School

The board says through contact tracing, Niagara Public Health has determined the two cases are unrelated.

Meantime the Niagara Catholic Board says an individual has tested positive at Canadian Martyrs Elementary.

In all cases the boards are working with Niagara Public Health to ensure all protocols are followed.

Anyone who had close contact with the infected individuals is being contacted and told to stay home and self isolate.

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