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A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Anson General Hospital in Iroquois Falls.
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The Porcupine Health Unit made the announcement on Saturday.
“The PHU is working closely with the hospital setting to ensure ongoing measures are maintained to protect patients and staff,” the health unit stated in a release.
“Affected individuals have been given individual guidance for monitoring, isolation and testing as appropriate. The health unit will continue to work with the hospital setting to provide infection prevention and control assessments and support the implementation of enhanced public health measures as necessary.”
The health unit did not provide any further details and there was no mention of the outbreak on the website for the MICs Group of Health Services which oversees the operation of hospitals in Matheson, Iroquois Falls and Cochrane.
