The Jewish General Hospital in Montreal is dealing with two separate instances of patient transmission of COVID-19, but the regional health authority says both situations are under control. In a statement, a spokesperson for the CIUSSS Centre-Ouest Montréal, the regional health board which oversees the Jewish General (JGH), said the outbreaks are localized to specific areas of the hospital. Recently, some hospital staff were dispatched to work at long-term care homes facing outbreaks, but spokesperson Carl Thériault said the transmission inside the hospital is unrelated to the transfer of staff. The JGH, one of several hospitals designated to treat people stricken COVID-19, is just the latest hospital to experience an outbreak. Meanwhile, on Montreal's South Shore, public health authorities are investigating an outbreak in Pierre-Boucher hospital after 11 patients outside of hot zones tested positive for COVID-19.

Source: CBC News April 30, 2020 22:28 UTC