A new COVID-19 exposure has been reported at Oaklands Elementary School.
Students and staff who were in the Belmont Avenue building on May 10, 11, 13 and 14 may have been exposed to the virus.
Oaklands Elementary has experienced a COVID-19 exposure. The dates of potential exposure occurred on May 10 & 11th, 2021. If an individual may have been exposed, Island Health will contact them directly. Notification letters have been sent to the school community. pic.twitter.com/vDT3IJGbRc
— Greater Victoria SD (@sd61schools) May 19, 2021
Oaklands Elementary has experienced an additional COVID-19 exposure. The dates of potential exposure occurred on May 13 & 14th, 2021. If an individual may have been exposed, Island Health will contact them directly. Notification letters have been sent to the school community. pic.twitter.com/gz5nFDPtAL
— Greater Victoria SD (@sd61schools) May 20, 2021
Island Health classifies an “exposure” as an incident when one student or staff member with a lab-confirmed case of COVID-19 attended the campus while infectious. In the event of a positive COVID-19 case at a school, the health authority conducts contact tracing and reaches out to those with a high risk of exposure. Families who do not hear from the health authority can continue to send their child to school if they have no symptoms.
Everyone is asked to continue self-monitoring for symptoms, which include fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, runny nose, loss of sense of smell or taste, headache, fatigue, diarrhea, loss of appetite, nausea and muscle aches. Students displaying even mild symptoms should be kept home.
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