Niagara public health says it’s investigating an outbreak of COVID-19 at a greenhouse in St Catharines in which 20 cases of the affliction were confirmed on Sunday night.
The agency says a number of positive and asymptomatic employees from Pioneer Flower Farms in St. Catharines are now isolating at home, while testing is underway for the remaining employees who have either been isolated or are working separately from others. “While this workplace poses no particular risk to the broader community, it is a reminder that although Niagara has had success in reducing COVID-19, persons are still becoming ill with the infection,” said Mustafa Hirji, Acting Medical Officer of Health.