This St. Catharines woman says her entire family got COVID-19 from school
CBC
A week into the school year, Haley Bateman, her partner and their three kids all had COVID-19.
The St. Catharines woman said her children's symptoms included vomiting, body aches, explosive diarrhea, fever of 103.9 F and hallucinations.
"We were not sleeping, checking on our kids every hour, rotating rooms to make sure they're all OK," she said.
"We were very close to going to the hospital ... it was very terrifying."
A few weeks later and Bateman said her family is still reeling from the virus, with her kids at home, struggling to sleep and now falling behind in class.
"We're four weeks into school and they've had a total of eight days at school," she said.
The District School Board of Niagara (DSBN) did not confirm the source of the outbreak at Oakridge Public School, where Bateman's children attend. Spokesperson Kim Sweeney said in an email the outbreak led to three cases and closed four classrooms.
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