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Coquitlam high school hit with 3 more days of COVID-19 exposures

Fraser Health flagged exposures at the Dr. Charles Best secondary in Coquitlam on Dec. 3, 4 and 7
Stefan Labbé
Stefan Labbé
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Vice-principal Joel Nelson gives instructions over a loudspeaker on new physical distancing protocols to stem the transmission of COVID-19 outside Dr. Charles Best secondary on the first day of school, Sept. 10. The school has had coronavirus exposures across 11 dates since early November. - Photograph by STEFAN LABBÉ/TRI-CITY NEWS

A Coquitlam high school has been flagged for a coronavirus exposure over another three days, according to Fraser Health. 

The health authority sent out early notification letters to the families of Dr. Charles Best secondary, indicating exposures on Dec. 3, 4 and 7.

This is not the first time the high school has been flagged for COVID-19 exposures. Four earlier exposure notifications were issued to members of the school’s community indicating at least one person with an active COVID-19 infection was at the school Nov. 2, 3, 4, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27.  

According to the health authority, a school “exposure” usually indicates a single person with a lab-confirmed COVID-19 infection attended school during their infectious period.

A school “cluster,” on the other hand, indicates possible school-based transmission with two or more lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 attending school while infectious, and an “outbreak” indicates “multiple individuals with lab-confirmed COVID-19 infection” and that “transmission is likely widespread.” 

There are currently 10 schools across School District 43 with active investigations into a coronavirus exposure.