Jean-du-Nord high school in Sept-Îles will be closed on Friday for health reasons. Two cases of COVID-19 have so far been diagnosed in people who attend this school.
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Following the diagnosis of a second case of COVID-19 and in order to allow the public health department to complete its epidemiological investigation and also to carry out screening tests, it was decided to close the school
, can we read in a Facebook publication signed by the school administration.
In a memo published in the early evening on the social network, the school indicates that it has been informed by public health that its establishment is possibly in an outbreak situation.
It is also indicated that people who will need to be tested will be contacted by public health in the coming days.
Distance education is also suspended on Friday.
A first case of COVID-19 in this school was officially recorded by the Integrated Health and Social Services Center of the Côte-Nord on Tuesday.
