The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 on the Medicine Unit at Stratford General Hospital.
The announcement comes after two cases were identified in staff members- no patients have acquired the virus while in the hospital.
The Medicine Unit has enacted restricted admission and discharge protocols as a result of the outbreak.
Affected staff are currently self-isolating at home.
The HPHA says they won’t return to work until their self-isolation period is complete and they are asymptomatic.
The hospital remains open for all scheduled clinics, procedures and emergency visits.
