COVID outbreak declared at hospital in Trail

Interior Health is reporting a COVID-19 outbreak at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail.

On its website, the health authority indicates that the outbreak is on the third floor and was declared on Tuesday.

In a statement, they added that there are 15 cases connected to the outbreak in the medical unit.

“Additional infection control measures have been implemented on the unit including putting a pause on new admissions to the unit, restricting all non-essential visitors, and testing patients on the unit,” the health authority said.

Essential visitors are still permitted in the outbreak unit with proper protective equipment.

Non-essential visitors are also being restricted from the surgical unit as a preventative measure, although an outbreak has not been declared there.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He'll soon publish a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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