Brac sees COVID outbreak as kids return to school
(CNS): Almost two dozen students across schools on Cayman Brac have tested positive for COVID-19 as kids returned to the classroom following the long summer break this week. The Department of Education Services said children at Layman Scott High, West End and Creek and Spot Bay Primary Schools had been infected and urged them to stay home as they recover from the virus.
Meanwhile, according to the latest figures from Public Health, the number of people coming forward for PCR tests continues to decline and no longer reflects the level of coronavirus in the community.
The outbreak on the Brac demonstrates clearly that the coronavirus is still prevalent in the community and the public needs to take precautionary measures regardless of the changes in mandated requirements. Public Health Department officials said they will now be focusing on hospital admission in order to monitor the status of the virus.
In the meantime, as it faces the outbreak on Cayman Brac, the DES said the health and safety of students were a priority.
“We urge the affected students to follow Public Health protocols for entering and exiting isolation,” said DES Director Mark Ray. “Despite the recent lessening of COVID-19 regulations, our schools continue to observe many good hygiene practices that have become routine since the pandemic. These include enhanced cleaning of the overall school environment and increased deep cleaning of high-traffic areas.”
The Public Health Guidelines for (Positive) Lateral Flow Test Results for Educational Institutions include a requirement to report a positive result to the Public Health Department and to the institution, to take a PCR test to confirm and to isolate for six days from the initial positive test. Those who have been infected can leave isolation on Day 7 and return to school provided the students are not experiencing symptoms, in particular sneezing and fever.
Despite the lack of enthusiasm across the general population for testing for COVID-19, the government appears to have plenty of lateral flow tests available. Now that testing requirements for travellers have now been dropped, the Department of Tourism gave over 90,000 test kits to the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), which oversees several residential care homes, where regular screen testing is still a requirement.
See COVID-19 Guidance for Educational Institutions – Revised August 2022
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Hence I still wear my mask and clean my hands before I enter any populated area…
Does nothing to help you but to each his own I suppose.
5 September 2022.
65 million people in China are currently on coronavirus lockdown – AP
Next wave soon come.
welcome back…u got internet in your cave then?
Hi. I see you havent found a cure for your confirmation bias. Sad!
Too obtuse to realize Covid is not done with the world no matter how hard you wish it away.
Its funny how the news is now talking about public must protect themselves. This should have been the number one message from the get go instead of focusing solely on who is unvaccinated and how much unvaccinated is in hospital. Regardless, taking the necessary precaution whether vaccinated or unvaccinated should have been the focused. Smh.
And they are all fine.
The new Fortune article, from a media company all about the economy and prosperity disagrees with your small world thinking.
https://fortune.com/2022/08/04/covid-creates-higher-risk-kids-children-pediatric-blood-clots-kidney-failure-heart-problems-type-1-diabetes/
It’s all relative and just be balanced against harm to education. And covid is endemic and unavoidable now anyway.
That’s due to the jab
And you know this how?
not sure why this is down voted. they are all fine. that should be a good thing no? if they are not hospitalized then they are fine. down the road who knows what might occur but that’s with anything in life. children have a greater chance dying in a car accident. I don’t see a mad rush to stop children from entering cars because…
False equivalency
Actually, it’s not. Death is the equivalent. Different ways of getting there but death is the final destination. Both are avoidable if you take extreme measures. One you are much more likely to die from. Guess which. You fear the nature of the journey to that destination because of your unfamiliarity with it. You are not afraid of option two as you drive a car every day and have become numb to its danger.
They’re fine? Tell that to the very sick people. My son told me ” I feel like I’m dying.” My heart just broke.
Prayers for your son and the family.
Shame that the “get on with it” crowd never considers the people that are suffering.
There will definitely be an outbreak in Grand Cayman schools and workplaces in September or October as everyone gathers together again in close indoor quarters.
Same will happen in US, Canada and UK etc.
But meghhh….this isnt March 2020 with a population immune naive population. This will just roll through with minimal harm.
No one is REALLY thinking/concerned by COVID any more.
For much of the global pandemic, many pro business media companies have downplayed the effects of Covid, one being Fortune.
Their tone is much different now.
Blood clots, heart problems, kidney failure: COVID creates a higher risk for rare pediatric health problems, new CDC study finds.
Kids who have had COVID are also more likely to develop Type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune condition that destroys the body’s ability to make insulin, researchers found.
BY ERIN PRATER
August 04, 2022 1:04 PM EDT
https://www.google.com/amp/s/fortune.com/2022/08/04/covid-creates-higher-risk-kids-children-pediatric-blood-clots-kidney-failure-heart-problems-type-1-diabetes/amp/
Thanks for telling us what diabetes is. Any other propaganda from your Facebook mates you want to blindly cut and paste?
Where are your citations to the contrary .. .. Mick. Or do you just rely upon logical fallacies and insults to demonstrate your opinion?
No one who cares about the post effects of infection cares. Got it.
This thinking is leading societies into negative health issues after Covid infections, but as this is the Cayman Islands, and greed rules all, we are certain to follow your ill informed agenda.
National Geographic UK has released a revealing article online on how serious even mild Covid infections can affect the brain.
Allowing Covid “to rip” was and is a policy that will negatively affect millions of poeple for decades to come.
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/2022/04/even-mild-covid-19-can-cause-your-brain-to-shrink
Check the use by dates on those 90,000 tests “donated” for a photo op and get back to us.