MISSISSAUGA, Ont. Canada Post says about 80 of its employees from a Mississauga, Ont., facility have been ordered to stay home due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Peel Public Health directed the afternoon shift at the Toronto Exchange Office on Tuesday to self-isolate for 10 days after 12 employees at the facility tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past seven days.
“We will continue to reinforce our safety protocols with all employees, follow our enhanced cleaning and sanitization measures and follow any direction we receive from Peel Public Health,” said a spokesman for Canada Post.
The mail service said it has voluntary onsite rapid COVID-19 testing for all employees and contractors at the facility. It also said that paid leave provisions are in place to support employees.
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. Canada Post says about 80 of its employees from a Mississauga, Ont., facility have been ordered to stay home due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
Peel Public Health directed the afternoon shift at the Toronto Exchange Office on Tuesday to self-isolate for 10 days after 12 employees at the facility tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past seven days. We will continue to reinforce our safety protocols with all employees, follow our enhanced cleaning and sanitization measures and follow any direction we receive from Peel Public Health, said a spokesman for Canada Post.
The mail service said it has voluntary onsite rapid COVID-19 testing for all employees and contractors at the facility. It also said that paid leave provisions are in place to support employees.
TORONTO Peel Public Health has issued an order to shut down a shift at the Canada Post Gateway West facility, ordering some 90 workers and managers to stay home and self-isolate for 10 days. The move comes as Canada Post facilities have been hit with outbreaks across Toronto and Peel, including the death of a worker at a mail processing plant in Toronto’s east end. In a letter to employees, Canada Post says that the Shift 3 employees in the Toronto Exchange Office on Dixie Road must leave the workplace until Friday, May 7. “Peel Public Health gave us this direction under [its] Section 22 order on workplaces with COVID-19. Public Health says this is necessary to contain further spread of COVID-19 at this stage, keep our workplace and families safe, and protect our healthcare system,” the notice reads.
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