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Hospital declares outbreak on 2B unit over

Outbreak was initially declared on March 30.
Thunder Bay Regional Main Entrance
The main entrance to Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. (Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com)

THUNDER BAY – A COVID-19 outbreak declared more than a month ago at the 2B medical inpatient unit at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre is now considered to be over.

The hospital on Tuesday said that as of May 1 it was 14 days since the most recent exposure, with no new cases among staff and patients. All control measures has been discontinued.

Outbreaks are declared in conjunction with the Thunder Bay District Health Unit whenever two or more people associated with a particular unit contract the virus and there is a chance it was spread within the hospital.



Leith Dunick

About the Author: Leith Dunick

A proud Nova Scotian who has called Thunder Bay home since 2002, Leith is Dougall Media's director of news, but still likes to tell your stories. Wants his Expos back and to see Neil Young at least one more time (it's happening!). Twitter: @LeithDunick
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