Three Vancouver Coastal Health schools report new COVID-19 exposures

Three more schools in the Vancouver Coastal Health region reported new COVID-19 exposures in the last 24 hours.

All three exposures happened either last week or early this week, according to the health authority.

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In Vancouver, Vancouver Technical Secondary had an exposure on November 16, and Lord Kitchener Elementary had an exposure from November 17 to 19.

In Richmond, R.C. Palmer Secondary School had an exposure from November 18 to 20.

Contact tracers are reaching out to patients’ close contacts individually, and VCH says anyone who doesn’t receive a call from public health staff can come to school as normal.