COVID-19 outbreak declared at Georgian Bay General Hospital

An outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at Georgian Bay General Hospital.

The outbreak was confirmed on the hospital’s 2 North inpatient unit Dec. 3 after one admitted patient and one staff member tested positive for COVID-19.

The patient has been moved to the hospital’s dedicated COVID beds on the 2 East inpatient unit.

In a press release, the hospital said contact tracing was also underway to determine the origin of the infection and the risk of exposure among staff and patients.

“GBGH is working closely with public health to manage and control this outbreak so we can declare it over as soon as possible with limited transmission,” COVID medical lead and chief of emergency medicine Dr. Dan Lee said. “Our infection prevention and control measures have been very successful throughout the pandemic to date, and our hospital has all the preventive measures in place to ensure the continued safety of our patients, staff and credentialed staff.”

Effective today, all visitation to the hospital has been restricted with the exception of special circumstances, such as palliative care or the birthing unit.