Health authority issues another COVID public exposure warning for Wreck Beach

Vancouver Coastal Health has issued a possible COVID-19 exposure warning for a popular beach on Labour Day.

The health authority cautions that anyone who visited the location during the indicated times will need to self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19:

Wreck Beach

• Address: Southwest Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC
• Potential exposure date(s): September 7
• Potential exposure time: Between 1:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.

This is the second time Wreck Beach has been listed by VCH as a possible COVID exposure site. Last month, a large gathering held Aug. 15 was the subject of a public exposure notice by the health authority. 

If you visited the indicated location during the times of possible exposure, it does not mean you will develop COVID-19. Possible exposures are believed to be low risk but, out of an abundance of caution, Public Health asks anyone who may have visited Wreck Beach at the specified date and time indicated to monitor themselves for symptoms.

If you have been identified as a COVID-19 case or close contact, please know that VCH Public Health will contact you directly and provide further instruction.

The most recent prior public exposure warning in the Vancouver Coastal Health authority was issued Friday for several days in early September at the King's Head Public House in Kitsilano.

Earlier this month, possible public exposure warnings concerned a Vancouver pub, a Richmond pub-restaurant, the Athens Cultural Club, and an electronic music event in downtown Vancouver.

Exposure notices are active on the VCH site for a month and then archived.