Fraser Health is warning customers who dined at a Japanese restaurant in Surrey earlier this month that they may have been exposed to COVID-19 during their visit.
The health authority on Friday added Hanaya Japanese Restaurant, located at #106 2828 152 Street in Surrey, to its list of current public exposures.
According to Fraser Health, the exposures reportedly took place on Friday, Oct. 16 from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17 between the same times, and 4 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19.
The new public exposure announcement comes amidst a staggering rise in COVID-19 cases within the Fraser Health region.
Of the 234 new infections B.C.'s provincial health officer reported on Thursday, Oct. 29, 74 per cent were located withing the Fraser Health district. The health authority serves much of the eastern and southern Lower Mainland, including Burnaby, Coquitlam, Surrey, Delta, Abbotsford and Chilliwack.
We’ve identified a possible public COVID-19 exposure in #Surrey. If you were at Hanaya Japanese Restaurant on the dates/times listed on our public exposures page, Public Health recommends self-monitoring for symptoms of COVID-19. https://t.co/J0c7M2Ab2D pic.twitter.com/HRPMa7kWOU
— Fraser Health (@Fraserhealth) October 30, 2020
While public health officials caution that any possible exposures listed on Fraser Health's site are believed to be low risk, they still reccommend that anyone who was at any of the listed locations during the posted dates and times self-monitor for symptoms of COVID-19.
If those individuals remain healthy and do not develop symptoms, officials say there is no need to self-isolate, meaning people can continue with their usual daily activities.
Common symptoms of COVID-19 may include fever, chills, cough or worsening of chronic cough, shortness of breath, sore throat, runny nose, loss of sense of smell or taste, headache, fatigue, diarrhea, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting and/or muscle aches.
If anyone does in fact develop any of these symptoms, those individuals are asked to seek testing and self-isolate immediately afterwards. Officials request that those seeking testing call ahead and wear a mask.
- With a file from Glen Korstrom
