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AHS declares COVID-19 outbreak at Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre
AHS declares COVID-19 outbreak at Calgary’s Peter Lougheed Centre All patients on the unit are offered testing, and contact tracing is ongoing, AHS said.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“While we appreciate it may be difficult for some, visitors to this one unit are limited to only end-of-life situations until further notice,” AHS said in a statement to Global News.The health authority said all AHS facilities follow “rigorous infection prevention and control standards,” saying that health-care workers are asked to self-assess for COVID-19 symptoms and exposure risk using a screening tool in addition to masking.