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The B.C. government has announced schools from Kindergarten to Grade 12 will close until further notice in a bid to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus.

“This is a crisis situation,” said B.C Premier John Horgan, who said they are working on a financial plan and pledged to do everything they can to make sure people won’t lose their jobs.

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“We are all in this together,” he said.

Horgan was joined by Minister of Finance Carole James, and Minister of Education Rob Fleming held a joint news conference in Victoria on Tuesday about the province’s response to COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 3,300 lives worldwide, including four in B.C., according to the World Health Organization.

Fleming said all schools must suspend in class instruction until further notice.

Every student will receive a final mark and all students on track to move to the next grade will do so, and Grade 12 students on track will graduate, said Fleming.