A COVID-19 exposure has been reported at Chase Secondary School, the first exposure at a school in the community east of Kamloops.

According to Interior Health, the exposure was last Tuesday, Feb. 23, but its unclear how many people are affected.

There are now eight schools in the Kamloops-Thompson School District with an active COVID-19 exposure – the other seven are in Kamloops at NorKam, South Kamloops, and Valleyview secondary schools as well as Beattie, Arthur Stevenson, and Kay Bingham elementary schools, along with the Kamloops School of the Arts.

There are also active exposures at Merritt Secondary and Collettville Elementary in Merritt.

As has been the policy, school officials say if parents haven’t been contacted by public health teams, their kids are not at risk of developing COVID-19. If you have questions or concerns about COVID-19, you’re also asked to contact 811.

After 14 days without any further cases, exposures are no longer considered active by Interior Health.