's first school outbreak of COVID-19, will close until Nov. 4 after almost a dozen staff and students tested positive and 160 more are in isolation. Parents found out about the closure on Sunday in a letter from Michel St-Amant, the superintendent of School District 93, which oversees all of B.C. As of Friday, 11 staff and students at the school — which covers kindergarten through Grade 12 — have tested positive for COVID-19. Interior Health's Dr. Kamran Golmohammadi, who is managing the school outbreak response, said Friday it could still be a few days before all cases associated with the outbreak come to light, since it can take up to 14 days before symptoms appear. In the letter to parents on Sunday, St-Amant asked parents to continue to monitor their children's health every day.

Source: CBC News October 26, 2020 00:37 UTC