Student tests positive in COVID-19 outbreak at Pembroke school

A student has tested positive as part of aCOVID-19 outbreak at Fellowes High School in Pembroke, Ont., the local health authority said Friday.

The Renfrew County and District Health Unit said it was notified thatthe student had tested positive late Thursday night.

So far, four staff members and the student have tested positive at the Ottawa Valley school, which has650 students and about 55 employees.

The health unit shut downFellowes on Wednesday afterthree staff members tested positive, making it the first Ontario school toclose due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

A pop-up testing centre in Pembroke is testing staff and students at7 International Dr. So far,almost allstaff at the school have been tested, the health unit said, as well as moststudents thought to be at the highest risk.

The health unit is asking people to continue practisingphysical distancing, keep up hand hygiene and maintain smallsocial bubbles. Anyone who feels unwell should stay home.

To book a COVID-19 test in the region, the health unit says locals can visit the Renfrew County Virtual Triage Assessment Centre website or call 1-844-727-6404.