Officials from the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) identified a positive COVID-19 case in an individual at Warman High School on October 14.

Prairie Spirit School Division (PSSD) sent out a press release and it stated that communication has been shared with the specific classroom/cohort, as well as the school community.

The SHA is conducting contact tracing. To protect privacy, PSSD is not able to share or discuss details, but their thoughts are with this member of the school community, and hope they are doing well.

Also mentioned in the press release, is that everyone in the school division has shared responsibility to decrease the risk of COVID-19 entering schools, and that the respective school plans contain many important measures, processes and protocols which add layers of protection for students and staff.

Students and families are reminded to be diligent in performing the daily health screening; stay home if ill, call HealthLine 811 if exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms, practice proper hand hygiene, maintain physical distancing as much as possible, wear a mask when appropriate, and do everything possible to keep each other safe.