Ninety staff at the Health Science Centre who recently came in contact with a COVID-19 patient have all tested negative for the virus.
That’s according to Premier Dwight Ball who provided the information during the daily COVID-19 update yesterday.
Eastern Health confirmed the situation late last Monday afternoon.
Premier Ball says he was not aware of the situation during Monday’s daily COVID-19 update.
The exposure came from a patient who previously tested positive for the illness and subsequently underwent two more tests- both of which came back negative- and was considered recovered.
Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Janice Fitzgerald the tests are very sensitive and sometimes pick up dead virus.
None of the ninety Health Science workers require further contact tracing unless they test positive.
There were no new confirmed cases of COVID -19 in the province again yesterday.
241 of the 259 known cases of the virus are now recovered.
Four people are in hospital two of whom are ICU, while three people have died.
Dr. Fitzgerald met with the business community yesterday, and says she understands the stress and worry the current situation has caused them.
She assures that they will work with the business community to ensure that businesses can open safely when health restrictions are eased.