Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health, declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the Canada Post processing plant in north Calgary on Friday.
The Crown corporation said that in the last month, it informed Alberta Health Services about six positive cases at the main sorting facility located at 1100 49 Ave.
N.E. “These occurred at separate times over a three-week period dating back to April 20,” Canada Post spokesperson Jon Hamilton said in a statement to Global News. “Some of the employees have not been in the building since early April.
In the most recent case, the employee hadn’t been in the building since May 5.” Canada Post said it was told by AHS that the provincial health authority “does not believe these cases occurred in