Health officials have declared COVID-19 outbreaks at two B.C. hospitals, Friday.
In a Friday bulletin, Interior Health said an outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops involved six patients and two staff, and was located in surgical unit 6 South.
The staff members are self-isolating, while patients from the unit have been relocated to the hospital’s COVID-19 ward, the health authority said.
Unit 6 South is closed, Interior Health said, but surgeries are continuing at the hospital. Patients who have surgery will be moved to another floor for further care, it said.
The hospital also remains open, and officials say safe for patients who need to attend for appointments or emergency care to attend.
Late Friday, Fraser Health also confirmed a new outbreak at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster.
Officials said the outbreak involved two patients in a surgical unit, which has since been closed to admissions.
The hospital’s emergency room remains open, and the health authority said other parts of the hospital were not affected by the outbreak.
Health officials are also reminding the community that social gatherings remain banned by public health order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
People should not invite guests or extended family to their home, it said.