COVID-19 outbreak over at the Okanagan Correctional Centre near Oliver, B.C.Seven staff members in all contracted the disease, the health authority said Monday, and they are all isolated at home.
No inmates were infected.Contact tracing has led to approximately 80 close contacts also being ordered into self-isolation, officials said.
Okanagan region leads B.C. in number of new COVID-19 cases Initial indications suggested transmission occurred during a training exercise, the health authority added, but the exact source remains unclear.Interior Health is reminding the public that COVID-19 is circulating throughout the Southern Interior and everyone should follow public health precautions.As of Friday, there were 15 active cases of COVID-19.