SOS Alberta introduces COVID-19 tracker for back to school
Posted Sep 1, 2020 2:18 pm.
EDMONTON (660 NEWS) – As students are now heading back into the classroom, one organization is keeping tabs on positive cases of COVID-19 in schools.
Support Our Students (SOS) Alberta has set up a COVID-19 tracker to have all the information in one place for parents.
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“It is also to keep the government accountable because we’re getting a lot of conflicting messages from the government leaders,” said SOS communications director Wing Li.
@SOSAlberta is tracking COVID-19 cases in Alberta schools & divisions. See https://t.co/G9H66uDipq for running list of reported cases and related info.#Ableg #AbEd #SafeSeptemberAB pic.twitter.com/2UhGC6yTy6
— Wing Kar Li, PhD (@karliwithakay) September 1, 2020
“We just want to make sure that we are staying on top of the reality of the situation as it unfolds.”
Li adds that even though we are only at the start of kids going back to school, some schools are delaying reopening due to positive cases.
SOS says some parents are concerned about reopening as there have already been some positive cases in schools during the first week.
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