Highlights
The following have been updated to increase clarity for siblings and household members of symptomatic children/students:
Masking Outdoors - Update
As of Tuesday February 1, masking outdoors in elementary schools is no longer required in Hastings Prince Edward.
COVID-19 Reporting - Update
A reminder that individual cases of COVID-19 are not reportable to public health. Families are not required to report positive RAT or PCR tests to the school. Absences above 30% of baseline will be used as a proxy measure for individual cases. An absence reporting protocol and online reporting tool are coming soon.
Questions?
Families can be directed to School and COVID-19 webpage which includes contact information for Hastings Prince Edward Public Health.
School staff can send their questions to healthyschools@hpeph.ca