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All 12 COVID-19 cases linked to the outbreak at Cenovus Christina Lake site have recovered, said Alberta Health spokesperson Tom McMillan Sunday.
On Saturday, the site was added to the Government of Alberta’s online data list of current outbreaks.
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“The outbreak list was not updated between Dec. 23 and Jan. 5, so some of those recently listed may not currently have active cases,” said McMillan.
Cenovus spokesperson Sonja Franklin said they haven’t had any new cases recently. She said they have been working closely with Alberta Health services and have strong protocols in place. These include daily health screenings, physical distancing, wearing masks, enhanced cleaning and hand washing.
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A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Cenovus Christina Lake site according to the Government of Alberta’s online data.
However, in a Saturday evening email, Cenovus spokesperson Sonja Franklin said they haven’t had any new cases recently.
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“The cases we’ve had at site happened some time ago,” said Franklin.
She said they have been working closely with Alberta Health services and have strong protocols in place. These include daily health screenings, physical distancing, wearing masks, enhanced cleaning and hand washing.
Virus spreads in Canadian oil patch with outbreak at Chevron site
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Oil workers in Alberta are falling victim to a growing spread of the pandemic in the Canadian provinceâs remote north, with a Chevron Corp. site among the latest to be struck.
Chevronâs Kaybob operation in the Duvernay shale formation and Syncrude Canada Ltd.âs Aurora oil-sands mine were added to a government list that now figures 11 oil-production sites as outbreak locations. Other companies in the list include Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Suncor Energy Inc. and Imperial Oil Ltd.
After being spared from the worst of the pandemic earlier this year, Canada is now averaging 6,500 new cases a day, more than triple the rate during the initial wave in April and May. Alberta, one of the last provinces to be badly hit, is now under strict lockdown measures with the highest rate of new active cases in the country.
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