'Risk has never been higher in region' as Kingston outbreak spreads
Thirty-eight workers on a construction site — including eight from Ottawa, Leeds-Grenville-Lanark and York — and 22 close contacts have tested positive for COVID-19.
Author of the article: Peter Hendra • The Kingston Whig-Standard
Publishing date: May 06, 2021 • May 6, 2021 • 3 minute read •
No activity can be seen outside the retirement home construction site near the corner of Princess Street and Midland Avenue in Kingston. The project has been shut down for at least two weeks, it was announced. Photo by Elliot Ferguson /Postmedia
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KINGSTON — An outbreak at a west-end construction site has infected 38 workers with COVID-19 directly, and now 22 close contacts of those workers have tested positive, too, the region’s medical officer of health said Thursday, and he fears some cases may end up in hospital.