Staff at South Okanagan jail test positive for COVID-19

B-C’s Interior Health region says contact tracing is underway after three staff members at a provincial jail in the South Okanagan tested positive for COVID-19. The health authority says the staff members are isolating at home with contact tracing underway for potential exposure.

It’s the second time someone has tested positive at the correctional centre. Interior Health says there is no evidence of community transmission related to the most recent cases.

In May, an inmate at the Prince George Regional Correctional Centre wrote CKPG regarding their concerns with safety measures not being taken to stop a potential outbreak.

(Includes files from Global News BC)