Two more New West elementary schools report COVID-19 exposures

Two New Westminster elementary schools are reporting more COVID-19 exposures.

Exposures at Richard McBride Elementary School and Qayqayt Elementary School are being reported on the Fraser Health school exposures site this morning.

It’s the third exposure since Easter weekend for Richard McBride, marking the sixth exposure since the Christmas break for the Sapperton school.

Qayqayt, meanwhile, has seen three reported exposures since the Christmas break.

In total, 10 of the district’s 12 schools have seen at least one exposure since the winter break. Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary hasn’t seen an exposure notice since December, while Connaught Heights Elementary is the single school in the district that has yet to report a COVID-19 exposure.

EXPOSURE DATES AT NEW WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS IN 2021:

Glenbrook Middle School: Jan. 4; Feb. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 22; April 6, 7, 8

Queensborough Middle School: Jan. 11; Feb. 23, 24, 25, 26;

Herbert Spencer Elementary: Jan. 25

Fraser River Middle: Jan. 27, 28, 29; March 2, 3, 4, 5

New Westminster Secondary: Jan. 28; Feb. 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 17, 18, 19, 23; March 8, 9, 11, 12, 29, 30, 31; April 1, 6, 9

Richard McBride Elementary: Feb. 10, 11, 12, 22, 23; March 1; April 6, 7, 8, 15, 16

Qayqayt Elementary: Feb. 22, 23; March 8, 9; April 14, 15, 16

F.W. Howay Elementary: Feb. 17, 18

Lord Kelvin Elementary: March 3, 4

Queen Elizabeth Elementary: March 8, 9

Hume Park Home Learners Program: Jan. 5

POWER Alternate Secondary: April 12

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