Wednesday, April 24, 2024

85 Migrant workers test positive for COVID-19 in Norfolk County

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Eighty-five migrant workers have tested positive for COVID-19 at a farm in Norfolk county. The outbreak happened at the residences of the Scotlynn group farm. The Haldimand-Norfolk health unit tells CHCH News that 140 people are in self-isolation. They say that 90 test results have been received, and of the 85 positive cases, 25 workers are showing symptoms, and five have been hospitalized 2 in the ICU. Those that are symptomatic have been separated from the asymptomatic. The health unit says that the migrant workers were isolated for two weeks when they first arrived in Canada.

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