A Sun Peaks, B.C., doctor has tested positive for coronavirus. On Sunday, the Sun Peaks Health Centre confirmed in a statement on the resort municipality’s website that Dr.
Chip Bantock had tested positive for COVID-19. The statement said that Bantock likely contracted the virus through his medical work and has already contacted all patients who might have been exposed.
The doctor is said to be recovering in home quarantine and is expected to return to practice “once he has been cleared.” News of his diagnosis comes a day after the resort municipality announced the community had its first confirmed case, without specifically naming the physician.