Eight cases confirmed in COVID-19 outbreak at Trail hospital<\/p>\n
Published 1:09 pm Tuesday, February 3, 2026<\/p>\n
A COVID-19 outbreak involving eight cases has been declared on the third-floor medical unit at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital.<\/p>\n
Interior Health said the outbreak was declared Jan. 30 and that infection prevention and control measures are in place.<\/p>\n
Those measures include enhanced cleaning and disinfection, the use of personal protective equipment and restrictions allowing essential visitors only, the health authority told the Trail Times on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Interior Health is also urging the public not to visit patients if they are feeling unwell or have recently been in contact with someone who is ill.<\/p>\n
During an outbreak, signs are posted at unit and facility entrances, and some activities or outings may be cancelled.<\/p>\n
Staff may wear gowns, gloves and masks when providing care.<\/p>\n
Patients may be encouraged to remain in their rooms, eat meals separately or reschedule non-urgent medical appointments. Those who require additional treatment may be transferred within the hospital.<\/p>\n
Patients who are not ill may still attend other facilities for medically necessary appointments, such as cancer treatments or specialist visits.<\/p>\n
Respiratory illnesses are typically caused by viruses or bacteria and are most often spread through droplets released when an infected person coughs or sneezes.<\/p>\n
Those droplets can enter the eyes, nose or mouth of another person or contaminate surfaces such as doorknobs, countertops, clothing and hands.<\/p>\n
Symptoms can include a new or worsening cough and fever, as well as weakness, a runny nose, sore throat or headache.<\/p>\n
Interior Health continues to urge frequent handwashing and other basic infection-control measures to help limit the spread of respiratory illness.<\/p>\n
Interior Health\u2019s website maintains an updated list of active facility outbreaks at hospitals and long-term care facilities regulated under the Hospital Act or licensed under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act.<\/p>\n
Facilities are removed from the list once outbreaks are declared over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eight cases confirmed in COVID-19 outbreak at Trail hospital Published 1:09 pm Tuesday, February 3, 2026 A COVID-19…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[49,48,185907,61],"class_list":["post-452022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kootenay-boundary-regional-hospital","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}