Algoma Public Health (APH) is advising that an individual associated with Pinewood Public School has tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n
At this time, APH is conducting a careful investigation to identify close contacts. Examples of close contacts include household members, people who have been in direct physical contact or belong to the same classroom\/cohort, and people who have spent more than 15 minutes together within 2 metres or 6 feet of each other, such as while sharing a meal. Brief interactions, like walking past someone in a hallway are not generally considered close contact situations. APH will notify all low risk and high risk contacts via letter to provide further guidance and direction.<\/p>\n
APH reassures families from Pinewood Public School that if they do not receive a low risk and\/or high risk contact letter, their child is not considered a close contact of the person who tested positive for COVID-19, in which case APH does not recommend having their child tested unless they are showing symptoms of COVID-19. We are working with the school community to review and confirm important practices to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19, including: \u2022 Be fully vaccinated by receiving 2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine if you are eligible \u2022 Always practice physical distancing \u2022 Wear a mask or face covering in all indoor public settings \u2022 Wear a mask or face covering outdoors if physical distancing cannot be maintained \u2022 Wash your hands often with soap and water, or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.<\/p>\n
Anyone 12+ who needs a COVID-19 vaccine can book an appointment or show up at a walk-in, pop-up, or mobile COVID-19 vaccine clinic.<\/p>\n
For more information about COVID-19 please visit the APH website by following this link. For further information about ADSB\u2019s Covid-19 protocols please visit www.adsb.on.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Algoma Public Health (APH) is advising that an individual associated with Pinewood Public School has tested positive for COVID-19. At this time, APH is conducting a careful investigation to identify close contacts. Examples of close contacts include household members, people who have been in direct physical contact or belong to the same classroom\/cohort, and people …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-15 09:46:52","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48876,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48875\/revisions\/48876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}