COVID-19 an unwanted classmate.As students continue to funnel into class, many parents have been left with lingering anxieties surrounding sending their children to class in a pandemic.
Manitoba parents, students grapple with anxieties about heading back to class Lana Kotyk sent her son Kyle to Grade 4 this year.
She says the school has been diligent at monitoring for symptoms but in the back of her mind she’s worried he might catch the coronavirus.“Kyle had a classmate go home sick so he goes, ‘I wonder if she has COVID, I hope she’s OK.’ It goes through their minds what’s happening in schools and it scares them.
So things like that might happen in school,” she said.“It’s still worrisome when it hits his school. So far so good. I hope it.