Ontario Revises School and Child Care Centre Screening Guidelines

Students arrive at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School, in Scarborough, Ont., on Sept. 15, 2020. Reuters/Carlos Osorio

TORONTO—Ontario is changing its COVID-19 symptom screening guidance for the province’s schools and child care centres.

The province is now asking parents to keep their children home from school for 24 hours if they have either a runny nose or headache.