Four more Vancouver Coastal Health schools report COVID-19 exposures

Vancouver Coastal Health added four more schools to its list of institutions with COVID-19 exposures Wednesday.

Two of the schools are in Vancouver, one is in West Vancouver, and one is in North Vancouver.

East Vancouver’s David Thompson Secondary School had someone show up while infected from November 18 to 20. Also in East Vancouver, Sir Charles Tupper Secondary had someone come to school from November 19 to 20 while contagious.

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North Vancouver’s Carson Graham Secondary School is also reporting a new exposure from November 18 to 19.

In West Vancouver, École Cedardale had someone come to school while infectious on November 20.

Contact tracers for the health authority are contacting patients’ close contacts directly, and those who do not receive a phone call from public health can continue attending school as normal.