Acting medical officer hopeful Windsor-Essex schools can stay open despite rising COVID-19 cases
CBC
The acting medical officer of health for Windsor-Essex in southwestern Ontario says he wants schools to stay open, but isn't ruling out taking action if case counts continue to rise.
Dr. Shankar Nesathurai called keeping classrooms open an important public health goal and is hopeful in-person learning can continue. "We don't really know what the future might hold, but if case counts don't get under control, and the disease is not controlled well, then that may be one further group of measures that could be considered moving forward," Nesathurai said at media briefing broadcast via YouTube on Monday. Nesathurai, the former medical officer of health for Haldimand-Norfolk, is the interim replacement for Dr. Wajid Ahmed, who is leaving to become the deputy chief medical officer of health for Ontario. Nesathurai's comments come as schools are dealing with COVID-19 cases less than a week into the year and hundreds of students have been dismissed due to possible exposures. The English public school board has reported eight COVID-19 cases since classes resumed on Tuesday. There are nine cases within the English Catholic board. Separately, the health unit reported Monday that COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Windsor-Essex: a woman in her 70s and a woman in her 80s.
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