Parents of school-aged children in 麻豆传媒映画have let out a sigh of collective relief after B.C.’s top doctor, Bonnie Henry, announced COVID-19 school exposures in 麻豆传媒映画Coastal Health (VCH) are being made public Monday.
This comes after Deputy chief medical health officer for 麻豆传媒映画Coastal Health, Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, recently said something to the opposite effect:
“麻豆传媒映画Coastal Health will only list schools in situations where it’s not possible to notify those who may have been close contacts of the person with COVID-19," he told reporters.
A collective upset was the response of many parents, who felt helpless to know whether if by sending their child back to school that day they are unknowingly exposing them to the coronavirus.
Parents in Vancouver have scrambled to find out whether their child is at risk of being exposed since the reopening of B.C. schools this month.
In West Vancouver, was created.
saw a single mother take on the task of reporting suspected COVID-19 cases in all B.C. schools.
Henry aimed to put parental worries to rest at the province's public COVID-19 briefing Monday:
“We can be confident that they are posted up there so that everybody knows,” referring to the VCH’s .
"We know who needs to be isolated and who doesn't," Henry said, encouraging parents not to keep their children home if an exposure event has occurred there.
The doctor confirmed that close contacts of confirmed cases will be notified directly.
