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Visitors restricted after COVID-19 outbreak declared in Cambridge Memorial Hospital unit

Cambridge Memorial Hospital. (Dan Lauckner / CTV Kitchener) Cambridge Memorial Hospital. (Dan Lauckner / CTV Kitchener)
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Enhanced cleaning and monitoring protocols have been put in place at Cambridge Memorial Hospital’s Medicine B inpatient Unit in response to a COVID-19 outbreak.

In a media release issued Monday, the hospital said the outbreak is limited to two patients at this time.

A hospital outbreak is declared when two or more patients or staff test positive for COVID-19, and officials believe the illness may have been acquired in hospital.

The hospital said visits to the unit will be restricted during the outbreak, but exceptions may be made on a case-by-case basis.

If no new cases arise, the outbreak will be declared over on March 27.

On Sunday, St. Mary’s General Hospital in Kitchener said a COVID-19 outbreak had been declared at its facility. As of Sunday, there were six cases connected to that outbreak.

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