June 30, 2021 - 3:04 PM
There has been an outbreak of COVID-19 on a surgical unit at the Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops.
Interior Health says in a media release as of this morning, June 30, seven patients have tested positive for the virus on unit 6 South.
No staff members have tested positive.
Surgeries are continuing and patients who have surgery will be cared for on a different floor, IH says.
The health authority says a team of infection control and communicable disease specialists, along with hospital staff are “meeting daily to ensure all measures are being taken to prevent transmission of the virus.”