Debate persists over the role schools have played in COVID-19 transmission, and strategies vary coast-to-coast over whether to offer in-person learning or virtual classes, and for how long
Most provinces delayed in-person learning by at least a week, while Saskatchewan held firm on keeping schools open.
Provincial health officer for British Columbia Dr. Bonnie Henry said in a news conference Tuesday that schools are “not a major source of transmission.” “Right now I think a cautionary approach is the way to go,” Mohan said, adding that the stress Omicron has placed on health-care systems is another reason to delay in-person learning and introduce other restrictions.
“If we’re not tackling spread , it’s unrealistic to expect that closing schools is going to solve the problem,” she said.Data from Public Health Ontario from the last two weeks of December showed case rates among the five-to-11 and 12-to-19 age groups represented the second- and third-highest in the province, behind those ages 20 to 39.
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