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Ninth and tenth Tri-City schools hit with COVID-19 exposure

Port Moody secondary and Banting middle are the latest SD43 schools to be flagged for a COVID-19 exposure
Stefan Labbé
Port Moody secondary (top) and Banting middle school (bottom) are the two latest SD43 schools to rep
Port Moody secondary (top) and Banting middle school (bottom) are the two latest SD43 schools to report a COVID-19 exposure. While in the same area of the Tri-Cities, the schools are about one kilometre apart.SD43

A Port Moody high school and Coquitlam middle school are the latest School District 43 schools to be hit with COVID-19 exposures. 

Port Moody secondary and Banting middle are the ninth and tenth schools to report an exposure in the Tri-Cities. 

In the case of Port Moody secondary, the COVID-19 exposure is said to have occurred Oct. 13, whereas the Banting exposures occurred over two days, Oct. 13 and 14. 

Other SD43 schools still under investigation by Fraser Health include Glen elementary and Heritage Woods secondary.

School District 43 School Exposures

According to Fraser Health, a school “exposure” 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. Finally, an “outbreak” at a school means “multiple individuals with lab-confirmed COVID-19 infection” and that “transmission is likely widespread.” 

Fraser Health School Exposures