COVID-19 transmission is actually happening in schools.“A lot of what we know is based on I would say anecdotal data,” said Dr.
Pascal Lavoie of BC Children’s Hospital who is leading a new study into COVID-19 transmission in Vancouver classrooms.“We don’t have large scale data to measure that exposure.
We need objective data to measure this, and that’s what hopefully this study will provide.”Lavoie’s team has partnered with UBC, Vancouver Coastal Health and the Vancouver School District and is hoping to sign up more about 3,000 school staff to participate.
Vancouver Coastal Health says COVID-19 transmission in schools is low Those staff will give a blood sample for a serology test to see if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19 at some point.