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COVID-positive individual was at Richard Bulpitt Elementary, school district says

As of Friday there are 11 schools in Langley on exposure list
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Langley School District is reporting a COVID event at Richard Bulpitt Elementary. (CDC photo)

Langley School District has issued a COVID exposure notice to families of Richard Bulpitt Elementary.

On Thursday evening the local district sent a letter to families to notify them that an individual within the school community had tested positive for coronavirus.

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“If your child was exposed, you will receive an additional letter providing more information,” said Gord Stewart, superintendent of Langley schools .

The COVID-positive individual was at the school (20965 77A Ave.) on Feb. 1 and 2, according to Fraser Health.

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Public Health has initiated contact tracing.

“Public Health will only contact you if you or your child was directly exposed to COVID-19,” they said.

The health authority asks parents to continue to send their children to school and to monitor them daily for symptoms of COVID-19.

As of Friday morning there were 11 schools in Langley on Fraser Health’s COVID-19 school exposure list, including one independent school.

For more information visit www.fraserhealth.ca/schoolexposures.


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