Kitchener high school closed Thursday after confirmed case of measles

CBC News

· Posted: May 15, 2025 8:01 AM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

Eastwood Collegiate Institute in Kitchener is closed for Thursday aft a confirmed lawsuit of measles.

The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) says the schoolhouse was closed to springiness Region of Waterloo Public Health the clip it needs to implicit required steps successful vaccination verification.

The confirmed lawsuit of measles astatine Eastwood Collegiate also caused exposures connected May 7 and May 8.

Public wellness volition beryllium reaching retired to radical who whitethorn person been exposed to the microorganism connected those days. They will beryllium fixed accusation astir the required adjacent steps.

"We proceed to enactment intimately with nationalist wellness to guarantee due corruption prevention and power practices are successful spot and that we person the indispensable support," WRDSB said successful a announcement posted online connected Wednesday night.

The nationalist schoolhouse committee said Eastwood students volition proceed their classes virtually. It says immoderate students whitethorn use the time to enactment connected previously-assigned homework.

There were 920 precocious schoolhouse students crossed Waterloo portion who were suspended from schoolhouse past week for not having up-to-date vaccination records connected record with nationalist health.

The quality is peculiarly concerning due to the fact that there's a emergence of measles cases passim the province, Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, the region's aesculapian serviceman of health, said successful a merchandise last Thursday announcing the suspensions.

"Vaccination is the champion mode to support against superior illness," Wang said successful a property release.

The Immunization of School Pupils Act says students indispensable beryllium vaccinated oregon person a valid exemption connected record successful bid to be school. 

Schools successful Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph with exposures

In the country covered by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health, 4 schools are listed arsenic having measles exposures, with 1 schoolhouse having 3 abstracted vulnerability dates:

• April 28 to April 29 — Central Peel Public School successful Drayton.
• May 1 — Erin Public School.
• April 30 to May 1 — Paisley Road Public School.
• May 2 — Guelph Outdoor School.
• May 2 — Erin Public School.
• May 5 — Erin Public School.