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A building rented to host classes for two Catholic schools in southeast Edmonton is now also being used to test for COVID-19.

Alberta Health Services opened a new clinic in the gymnasium of Covenant Southeast Campus on Saturday morning. The building, owned by Covenant Health, is being shared with Cardinal Collins Mill Woods and some students at Holy Trinity Catholic High School. Edmonton Catholic Schools sent a letter to parents last week about the clinic saying they will take whatever steps are necessary to ensure staff and students are safe, and that the gymnasium is “self-contained.”

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“AHS has assured us that this has separate ventilation, separate washrooms, and it has a separate entrance,” Lori Nagy, spokeswoman for Edmonton Catholic Schools, said Saturday. “We feel that it is a safe and secure place for our students because they are in a different part of the building.”

A letter from AHS obtained by Postmedia said it consulted withInfection Prevention and Control and “there are no concerns with spread of the virus through building ventilation. This (clinic) does not pose a risk to health of staff or students accessing (Covenant Southeast Campus).”