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19 cases of COVID-19 in Interior Health region linked to Alberta oilsands work camp

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Interior Health says it has identified nineteen cases of COVID-19 linked to the outbreak at the Kearl Lake oil sands project in Alberta.

Spokesperson Susan Duncan says 12 confirmed cases in the Interior Health region are among workers from Kearl Lake, as well as seven confirmed cases of people who did not travel to Kearl Lake but had contact with a worker.

Of the 19 total cases, 16 people have fully recovered. B.C.’s provincial health officer issued an order on April 20 declaring that workers returning to British Columbia from the Kearl Lake site in Alberta must self-isolate for 14 days. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The entire Kearl Lake oil sands project is being treated as an outbreak site by

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