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Port Coquitlam school hit with seven days of COVID-19 exposure

Fraser Health has flagged Citadel middle school with seven days of coronavirus exposure as public schools shut down for winter break
Diane Strandberg
Diane Strandberg
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Citadel middle school in Port Coquitlam is the latest school to be flagged for coronavirus. exposure. Google Maps

A Port Coquitlam middle school was hit with a COVID-19 exposure over seven days in December, Fraser Health reports.

Currently, public health officials are investigating an exposure where a person who tested positive for COVID-19 was on the school grounds of Citadel middle school on Dec. 7,  8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15

Although schools are currently closed for winter break, exposures at schools during December continue to be investigated by Fraser Health.

On Saturday, Dec. 19, the Tri-City News reported exposures at two secondary schools. Heritage Woods in Port Moody has been notified of an exposure on Dec. 4 while Pinetree secondary in Coquitlam has exposure dates for Dec. 8, 9 and 10.

According to the health authority, a school “exposure” usually indicates a single person with a lab-confirmed COVID-19 infection attended school during their infectious period.

A school “cluster,” on the other hand, indicates possible school-based transmission with two or more lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 attending school while infectious, and an “outbreak” indicates “multiple individuals with lab-confirmed COVID-19 infection” and that “transmission is likely widespread.” 

There have been no clusters or outbreaks in School District 43 since school resumed in September.