Further north, the Yukon government is warning of a COVID-19 exposure at Coeur Mining’s Silvertip mine just south of its border with British Columbia.
It says health officials have been informed of transmission at the mine, which draws workers from areas including Lower Post, B.C., Whitehorse and Watson Lake, Yukon.
“All Yukon and Lower Post workers who were at the mine since this time are being individually notified by the company, their employer or by Yukon Communicable Disease Control,” the government said in a statement.
Fraser Health also declared outbreaks at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster, B.C., and Chartwell Carrington House Retirement Residence in Mission, B.C., as over.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 13, 2021.
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