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Days after schools open, COVID-19 outbreaks force many across Canada to close
COVID-19 outbreaks have closed schools across Canada – prompting concerns about how the rest of the school year will proceed.“We do know, obviously, that there is a lot of spread going on to schools, and that’s a concern,” said Dr. Stephen Freedman, a professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the University of Calgary, who also works at the Alberta Children’s Hospital.“We’re only at the beginning of September and it is going to get much more challenging as the number of cases rise,” he said.On Sunday, Prince Edward Island’s chief health officer, Dr.