What happens if there's a COVID outbreak at local schools when class resumes in a couple of weeks?
How will that be handled? And how will people be notified?
School officials will have to wait a little longer for details around such protocols from the province.
During a local stop in Oro-Medonte Township this morning, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said that plan is coming and will be thorough.
“We’ll be rolling that out on Friday (Aug. 21)," Ford told reporters. "We have a really in-depth one and are going by the advice of the chief medical officer of our health unit and from SickKids hospital. We’re just taking medical advice; they’re the experts and we aren’t.”
Earlier this week, Dr. Charles Gardner, the medical officer of health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, voiced concerns over the lack of information regarding a COVID plan should any students and/or teachers test positive for the virus when school resumes Sept. 8.
“Time grows short, I agree,” Gardner said Tuesday. “Ideally, we would have it now, if not, a little while in the past. The later it comes, the more challenging it is for us.”
