COVID-19

Potential COVID-19 exposure at Active Support Against Poverty

Jan 26, 2021 | 2:17 PM

PRINCE GEORGE — There’s been a potential exposure to COVID-19 at a social services organization downtown.

Northern Health says it happened at Active Support Against Poverty on the 1100 block of Sixth Avenue between January 19 and the 21.

Public health are asking people who visited the shelter during this time period to take extra care to self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19 until February 5.

Contact tracing is underway, and where possible, Northern Health is reaching out directly to people who have been exposed.

If people remain healthy and do not develop symptoms, Northern Health says there is no need to self-isolate. If you do develop any symptoms you are asked to self-isolate and contact the COVID-19 Online Clinic and Information Line for Northern BC residents at 1-844-645-7811, or contact your doctor or nurse practitioner.