Two more COVID-19 cases in association with Fort St. John Hospital outbreak

FORT ST. JOHN — Two additional COVID-19 cases have been reported in association with the outbreak declared for the Inpatient Unit at Fort St. John Hospital.

As of Sept. 2, Northern Health (NH) says there have been four patients and three staff who have tested positive for COVID-19.

NH says Fort St. John Hospital is taking steps to protect the health of staff and those they care for, with enhanced outbreak precautions such as increased frequency of cleaning and infection control measures and reducing movement of staff and patients between care areas of the hospital.

Public health officials will be monitoring the situation carefully over coming weeks and will only declare the outbreak over when they are confident that chains of transmission have been stopped.