COVID-19 outbreak declared at Surrey Memorial Hospital
Posted September 1, 2020 7:48 pm.
Last Updated October 2, 2020 9:41 am.
SURREY (NEWS 1130) — The Fraser Health Authority is confirming there has been a COVID-19 outbreak at Surrey Memorial Hospital.
According to a statement to hospital staff, a patient tested positive for the virus recently.
.@Fraserhealth confirms there's a new outbreak of #COVID19 at Surrey Memorial Hospital. The health authority isn't saying when the transmission happened. Attached is an internal memo sent to staff today. (T7 Pod 2 is the Kidney Unit.) pic.twitter.com/85WT8ubQq0
— Sonia Aslam (@SoniaSAslam) September 2, 2020
The outbreak is confined to one unit and as a result, the area will be closed off. There are no other impacts to other parts of the hospital.
There’s no confirmed time for when the outbreak began.