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VANCOUVER Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at an Abbotsford chicken processing plant after nine workers tested positive for the virus. The outbreak at Rossdown Natural Foods Ltd. was declared Dec. 17 but the plant will not close down, according to a news statement from the region’s health authority. “Public health (officials have determined) it is not necessary to issue a closure order at this time,” reads the Fraser Health statement. The poultry processing plant is located at 2325 Bradner Rd. Fraser Health said it will “continue to monitor for additional cases, and case and contact management is ongoing.” Identified cases and their close contacts have been told to self-isolate.
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Fraser Health declared a new COVID-19 outbreak Thursday at Rossdown Natural Foods Ltd’s poultry processing plant in Abbotsford, BC.
Nine staff have tested positive for the virus so far, the health authority said in a news release. It’s not yet necessary to close the plant, Fraser Health added.
Patients’ close contacts have been instructed to self-isolate, and further screening of staff is underway.
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