Just days after declaring an outbreak in its medicine unit over, Chatham-Kent Health Alliance officials said that unit is once again in COVID-19 outbreak.
As of March 1, five days after declaring the outbreak over, the unit is back on the outbreak list.
Officials said four cases are tied to the medicine A unit.
CK Public Health will work closely with CKHA to manage the outbreak, officials said.
As part of CKHA’s pandemic response action plan and in alignment with the hospital’s infection prevention and control guidelines, a number of additional initiatives have been implemented in response to the outbreak.
CKHA will continue following these measures until Chatham-Kent’s Medical Officer of Health rescinds the outbreak order.
CKHA’s Essential Visitor and Care Partner Access policy will remain in Phase 3 “Green” during this time except Medicine A, which will have no visitors/care partners during the outbreak period.
Exceptions may be permitted through the established visitor restrictions appeals process.
