COVID-19 Information
It takes a community to keep our schools safe. Together, we must all do our part to stay healthy - at school and beyond.
The Ministry of Education has established COVID-19 protocols to help prevent the spread of the virus in schools.
Ottawa Public Health is the lead health agency in Ottawa, responsible for managing COVID-19 cases, including providing guidance to schools on confirming and controlling outbreaks. The OCDSB supports Ottawa Public Health by helping communicate with the school community and assisting with the investigation of cases, contacts, and outbreaks.
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Given the current demand for COVID-19 testing in Ottawa, OPH has provided the following clarity on recommendations for who needs to be tested for COVID-19 in a school setting.
The current priority for testing at the Ottawa assessment centres includes:
- Any person (adult or child) with COVID-19 like symptoms. Please see below for a full list of symptoms
- Any person that Ottawa Public Health (OPH) has identified as a high-risk contact. You would be notified that you are a high-risk contact by OPH through a phone call, email, or an automated message
To be clear, COVID-19 testing is currently NOT recommended for:
- Individuals without symptoms, unless you have been identified as a high risk contact as above
- Family members without symptoms, who have other family members that have symptoms
- Family members without symptoms, who have other family members that are identified as a high-risk contact
- Students and staff members in schools who don’t have symptoms and who have not been notified by OPH that they are high-risk contacts.
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