Fraser Health has reported another COVID-19 exposure event at a Coquitlam high school — this time at the Indigenous-focused Suwa'lkh School on Brunette Avenue.
The health authority has flagged an exposure at the school on Nov. 5.
With the latest exposure, 11 of School District 43’s 12 high school program’s have reported at least one exposure event. Only the district’s 80-student Inquiry Hub secondary program has not been touched by the virus that causes COVID-19.
According to Fraser Health, a school “exposure” 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.
Finally, an “outbreak” at a school means “multiple individuals with lab-confirmed COVID-19 infection” and that “transmission is likely widespread.”
Fraser Health school exposures:
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