A COVID-19 exposure has been reported on the Sk’elep School of Excellence on the Tk’emlups reserve near Kamloops.

According to Interior Health, the exposure was on four days last week – Feb. 23 to 26 as well as this Monday, Mar. 1.

This adds to nine other active exposures in the Kamloops area, seven in the City of Kamloops and one each in Chase and Savona. The exposures in Kamloops are at NorKam, South Kamloops, and Valleyview secondary schools as well as Beattie, Arthur Stevenson, and Kay Bingham elementary schools, along with the Kamloops School of the Arts.

Exposures have also been reported at Chase Secondary School and at Savona Elementary School in the Kamloops-Thompson School District.

There are also active exposures at Merritt Secondary and Collettville Elementary in Merritt.

As has been the policy, school officials say if parents haven’t been contacted by public health teams, their kids are not at risk of developing COVID-19. If you have questions or concerns about COVID-19, you’re also asked to contact 811.

After 14 days without any further cases, exposures are no longer considered active by Interior Health.

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