Global News published this video item, entitled “COVID-19: BC to only notify families of school exposures when attendance drops | LIVE” – below is their description.
As B.C. students head back to the classroom Monday, the province is changing the way COVID cases in schools are reported to families, as more cases are expected amid the highly contagious Omicron variant.
In a news conference Friday, Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside said the province will no longer provide individual case information to families, and that schools will instead report to the province if attendance drops below “typical rates.”
If that happens, she said, it could trigger the distribution of rapid tests and a COVID safety plan implementation.
When a school has notified public health that there is a drop in attendance, that is when a notice will also go out to the school community, Whiteside explained.
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Friday that it’s important to keep schools and daycares open and notifications about any exposure in schools, such as measles or other respiratory illnesses, including COVID, will continue.
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