Parents should keep their children home from school at the first sign of illness — even a runny nose — Ottawa's medical officer of health says. "We need to take all the precautions we can to keep [COVID-19] out of schools, and that means, yes, when someone has a runny nose, we want them to stay home," Dr. Vera Etches told CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning. Any sign of illness, even a runny nose, is reason enough to keep your child home from school, Dr. Vera Etches advises parents. It really is the close contacts who will be notified then directly by a public health employee," Etches said. Etches has previously explained that an outbreak will only be declared in a school when two linked cases are discovered.

Source: CBC News August 22, 2020 09:00 UTC