The province's largest school outbreak is taking place in a Windsor neighbourhood that faces a number of social barriers known to facilitate the spread of COVID-19. Forty-nine cases of COVID-19 — 40 students and nine staff members — are now connected to the outbreak at Frank W. Begley Public School in Windsor's downtown. Both the school board and local health unit have deflected questions on the demographics of the school population and have not outlined the steps they have taken to help families cope. Lack of demographic dataWhile dealing with the outbreak, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit said what's been challenging are some of the social barriers the school community faces, including a low socioeconomic status and language barriers that affect public health literacy. University of Windsor law professor Anneke Smit says Windsor political leaders need to do more to welcome Syrian refugees.

Source: CBC News November 28, 2020 13:00 UTC