Province removes physical distancing rules from classrooms

LETHBRIDGE, AB – One of the rules initially set in place for Alberta’s return to class plan has been lifted.

Chief medical officer of health for the province, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, quietly signed a health order over the weekend, removing the two-metre social distancing requirement in classrooms.

Specifically, it reads that, “an operator of a school does not need to ensure that students, staff members and visitors are able to maintain a minimum of two metres distance from every other person when a student, staff member or visitor is seated at [a] desk or table.”

The decision is for classrooms and other instructional centres where seats are arranged to stop students from facing each other.