Student tests positive for COVID-19 at Windsor's Central Public School

A student has tested positive for COVID-19 at Central Public School in Windsor.

A letter to familiesdated Wednesday said there was a"high-risk exposure case" in the school community.

TheGreater Essex County District School Board's website indicates that the Feb. 24 case involves a student.

The school board said it was working with the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit to identify those who may have beenexposed, and they will receive instructions.

There is also an activeCOVID-19 case involving a staff member at the school that was announced Friday.

Windsor-Essex schools returned toin-classroom learning on Feb. 8 after a hiatus that took effect the week before the holiday break, as COVID-19 cases surged in theregion.

Within the public school board, there have been seven cases confirmed since classes resumed, including those atCentral Public School.

Two cases are active within the English Catholic school board.

Meanwhile, board officials are working on plansto start testing asymptomatic studentsat several schools per week.

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