London Health Sciences Centre President and CEO Paul Woods has admonished staff for removing their masks and not physical distancing amid a growing outbreak caused by "staff-to-staff transmission" at southwestern Ontario's largest hospital. "In many of these cases, internal contact tracing has shown the spread to be caused by direct staff-to-staff transmission," Woods wrote in the memo. "Staff are taking off their masks to eat together, both indoors and out, without distancing themselves the appropriate 2m/6ft," he wrote, adding the recent infections among hospital workers "must serve as a wake up call." Woods wrote that the only time staff should remove their mask is while eating and even then, they must maintain a proper physical distance from their colleagues. The statement said management is trying to find a solution that will create more staff space for hospital staff in the form of new break areas.

Source: CBC News November 19, 2020 16:23 UTC