A class of Grade 7 students at a private school have already been sent home, a day after they went back, because a parent of one student has COVID-19. But Quebec's education minister said this response was overly cautious.
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In a press conference around the same time, Education Minister Jean-François Roberge said the school went overboard by sending home the whole class. Then, he said, the parents of kids in that child’s “bubble” – or others who had come into contact with that child – would be advised on whether they should be tested.
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