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New COVID19 outbreak declared at Burnaby General Hospital

Darpan News Desk Fraser Health, 03 Feb, 2021 09:19 PM

On February 1, Fraser Health declared the COVID-19 outbreak over at Burnaby General Hospital. Unfortunately, a new outbreak has been declared on one Medicine unit. Nine patients in the unit have tested positive for COVID-19.

The outbreak is limited to one unit, which is temporarily closed to admissions. Upon declaring the outbreak, Fraser Health immediately implemented precautions, including enhanced cleaning as well as contact tracing to protect the health of all staff, medical staff, and patients.

The emergency department at Burnaby Hospital remains open and there has been no impact to any other areas of the hospital.

Fraser Health has notified all patients on the affected unit about the outbreak, and in addition, have informed the families of patients who are unable to share this information.

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