Newfoundland and Labrador’s top doctor says workers returning from an Alberta oilsands site with a COVID-19 outbreak should self-isolate and contact public health officials to be tested.
The maritime province announced two more cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total to 261 with 244 people recovered.
Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, the province’s chief medical officer of health, said one of the new cases is linked to the Imperial-owned Kearl Lake work site north of Fort McMurray.
Fitzgerald said workers at the Kearl Lake and Horizon sites in Alberta who have returned to Newfoundland and Labrador since April 12 should self-isolate for 14 days even if their COVID-19 tests come back negative.