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Growing COVID-19 cases at a Mississauga hotel have resulted in an outbreak being declared at a third Pearson airport quarantine site.
On Saturday, Peel Public Health issued an order under Sec. 22 of the Reopening Ontario Act to partially close the Hampton Inn and Suites Toronto Airport hotel after a number of staff were diagnosed with COVID-19.
Health Canada has also quietly removed the hotel from its list of approved sites for international air travellers to undergo their mandatory three-day quarantine stay.
Calls to both hotel management and the front desk went unanswered on Monday, and a spokesperson for Hilton International told the Sun they couldn’t comment on the outbreak as the property, on Caroga Dr. east of the airport, is independently owned and operated.
Sources tell the Sun the hotel’s guests of the government have been relocated to other properties.
Regional medical officers of health have the power to order businesses closed if five or more employees test positive for COVID-19 within a 14-day span.
Partial closures, which involve dismissing entire shifts, departments or areas, occur when it’s determined outbreaks can be contained without ordering the full closure of the business.
On May 3, an outbreak was declared by Toronto Public Health at the nearby Toronto Airport Holiday Inn on Dixon Rd. after seven workers contracted the virus, while 13 employees tested COVID positive at the Crowne Plaza Airport Toronto hotel a few days prior.
Both hotels are also listed by Health Canada as federally approved quarantine sites.
torontosun.com
Growing COVID-19 cases at a Mississauga hotel have resulted in an outbreak being declared at a third Pearson airport quarantine site.
On Saturday, Peel Public Health issued an order under Sec. 22 of the Reopening Ontario Act to partially close the Hampton Inn and Suites Toronto Airport hotel after a number of staff were diagnosed with COVID-19.
Health Canada has also quietly removed the hotel from its list of approved sites for international air travellers to undergo their mandatory three-day quarantine stay.
Calls to both hotel management and the front desk went unanswered on Monday, and a spokesperson for Hilton International told the Sun they couldn’t comment on the outbreak as the property, on Caroga Dr. east of the airport, is independently owned and operated.
Sources tell the Sun the hotel’s guests of the government have been relocated to other properties.
Regional medical officers of health have the power to order businesses closed if five or more employees test positive for COVID-19 within a 14-day span.
Partial closures, which involve dismissing entire shifts, departments or areas, occur when it’s determined outbreaks can be contained without ordering the full closure of the business.
On May 3, an outbreak was declared by Toronto Public Health at the nearby Toronto Airport Holiday Inn on Dixon Rd. after seven workers contracted the virus, while 13 employees tested COVID positive at the Crowne Plaza Airport Toronto hotel a few days prior.
Both hotels are also listed by Health Canada as federally approved quarantine sites.
Third Toronto airport quarantine hotel hit by COVID outbreak
Hampton Inn and Suites Toronto Airport hotel in Mississauga partially closed by Peel Public Health
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