Dr. Henry on RIH outbreak: “Certainly, visitors are something we are concerned about. Particularly unvaccinated people.”
KAMLOOPS — Interior Health (IH) has declared a second active COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH). With vaccinated visitors and staff, the health authority is investigating how the virus got into the hospital.
Four patients have tested positive on 7 North, a medical unit treating cardiac and renal patients — while the hospital continues to battle an outbreak on 5 South.
“They were very surprising for us all. We’re working very hard to investigate where they may have come from, which involves interviewing all of the cases,” said Dr. Carol Fenton, medical health officer for Interior Health.