BC Ferries has confirmed that two employees working out of the Langdale terminal on the Sunshine Coast have tested positive for COVID-19.
The employees do not work in positions where they would have direct contact with the travelling public, the company said.
“The employees who tested positive for COVID-19 have now completed ‘contact tracing’ through the health authority and it has been determined that there were no contacts involving risk or re-transmission to the public,” BC Ferries communications manager Astrid Chang said in an emailed statement to Coast Reporter.
“In cases where the health authority is concerned about a broader public exposure risk, they have the ability to issue a public notification.”
Neither Vancouver Coastal Health nor the BC Centre for Disease Control has issued a public exposure notification.
Masks have been mandatory on BC Ferries vessels and at the terminals since late August and travellers on the Landgale-Horseshoe Bay route also have the option of remaining in their vehicles during the crossing, no matter which car deck they’re on.
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