Dr. David Colby, Medical Officer of Health for Chatham-Kent has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Winston Churchill Public School. This is the first school outbreak in Chatham-Kent.
An outbreak in a school is defined as two (2) or more confirmed cases of COVID-19 within a school community, where transmission has been confirmed to have occurred within the school.
CK Public Health has notified the school community (students, staff, parents and guardians). All close contacts were directed to isolate and were tested.
If you have not been contacted by CK Public Health, no testing is required at this time. The school will remain open.