With an outbreak declared at Wapanohk Community School, the School District of Mystery Lake says it was not caused by in-school transmission, but rather through household transmission.
Co-Superintendent Lorie Henderson explains the outbreak was declared because of the high activity in households that have school-aged children that attend Wapanohk.
Henderson elaborates that over the past month, several cases were students that were related to household transmission, leaving many students out of school self-isolating and many others taking part in remote learning.
She says that Public Health declared the outbreak to formally support Wapanohk School early efforts to address rising community cases.
Henderson adds that the school had moved to remote learning since January 18th, which has been extended to this Friday and will be re-evaluated at that time.
The school district goes on to ask that everyone continues to follow public health orders, and anyone experiencing symptoms or having questions should contact Health Links.
