On January 21, the Rainy River District School Board was notified of a case of COVID-19 associated with Rainy River High School. The school board is working closely with the Northwestern Health Unit and, at this time, their investigation is indicating that there was no exposure to students or staff in the school. As a result, there are no classroom closures required and students should continue to attend school.
Public health will contact anyone who is identified as a close/high risk contact of a positive case and provide next steps. Please note that a close contact is considered someone who has been within 2 metres of someone for longer than 15 minutes. Individuals passing by in a hallway are not considered contacts and have very minimal risk of spreading infection.
For reasons of privacy, the RRDSB will not share personal information about any case and encourage others to avoid identifying individuals.
All students should continue to use the Government of Ontario’s school screening tool daily before attending school.
