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The number of COVID-19 cases in schools has increased dramatically, despite the health measures imposed in the red zones, and no easing is expected.
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1is October, the Legault government announced the closure of bars, dining rooms, restaurants and theaters to curb the second wave of the epidemic in regions on high alert. There were, at that time, 1341 confirmed and active positive cases in the school network and there were 674 closed classes.
A week later, the mask was imposed at all times on high school students and extracurricular activities were prohibited. Not to mention the students of the 3is, 4is and 5is secondary school, who now only attend school on alternate days. At that time, there were 1,769 students or staff infected with the virus and 1,016 closed classrooms.
But COVID-19 hasn’t run out of steam. As of November 6, the most recent data show 2,660 positive cases confirmed and active in the school network. A glimmer of hope, however, as the number of closed classes has dropped to 850.
“Efficient” concept
This is what prompted Minister Jean-François Roberge to say that the concept of a sealed class bubble is “effective”. Therefore, patience is needed for young people who dream of being able to resume student sports and extracurricular activities outside their own group.
“I have no recommendations from public health with a reduction [des règles sanitaires] », Specifies in an interview the Minister of Education, Jean-François Roberge. “We are not really in logic at this time of easing and breaking up of class groups, to allow for further contacts. “
He assures that he is not even working on stricter measures for schools. “All government measures, in schools and outside of schools, are effective, but they could be even more so,” he says. We want to lower the curve further. But what is certain is that we have slowed down the climb ”.
The most recent contamination data in the school network does not allow us to judge the effects of health measures imposed on students, consider the Dre Caroline Quach-Thanh, pediatrician and infectious disease specialist at CHU Sainte-Justine.
Data not available
To get there, he said, it would be necessary to know how many of these students and staff were infected at the school. Data that is not available. “Because there is a lot of transmission in the community, a child is very likely to arrive at school and be positive because his parents were positive at home,” he says.
Number of confirmed positive cases currently active in the network a 1is October
- Number of students: 1130
- Staff: 211
- Total : 1341
- Number of closed classes at 1is October: 674
Number of confirmed positive cases active in the network a October 7
- Number of students: 1451
- Staff: 318
- Total : 1769
- Number of lessons closed on 7 October: 1016
Number of confirmed positive cases active in the network a November 6
- Number of students: 2014
- Staff: 646
- Total : 2660
- Number of lessons closed on November 6th: 850
Public and private school networks are a bit over 1,300,000 students and beyond 226,000 staff members
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