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Alberta’s top doctor announced Thursday that the province is modifying its COVID-19 symptom checklist for school-aged children starting Monday.

Dr. Deena Hinshaw explained anyone with any of the core symptoms — fever, cough, shortness of breath, loss of taste, loss of smell — must still isolate for 10 days or test negative for COVID-19 and recover from all symptoms before resuming normal activities.

However, Alberta Health is removing runny nose and sore throat as symptoms requiring mandatory isolation and testing in children.

Hinshaw said if a child under 18 years old is experiencing only one of those symptoms, they should stay home and have their symptoms monitored for 24 hours. If their condition improves, testing isn’t required and once they feel better and their symptoms have disappeared, they can return to normal activities.

However, if they have more than one symptom, they should be tested for COVID-19 and stay home. This change takes effect Monday and applies to all settings children under 18 are involved in, including sports cohorts and child-care sites.

For more: https://globalnews.ca/news/7430176/alberta-covid-19-update-october-29/

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