One of the more than 200 Canadian travellers now in quarantine at CFB Trenton, has novel corona virus. The individual was showing symptoms in transit on a flight from California to the base. They were monitored in-flight and from the moment after stepping off the plane. Public health testing confirmed the infection.
Quinte West mayor JIM HARRISON says he has nothing but high praise for everyone involved in the quarantine underway at 8 Wing.
The Canadians who were stranded off California on the Grand Princess cruise ship, arrived at base Trenton March 9th.
They will remain in isolation for 14 days and will be monitored for symptoms of COVID 19.
Brighton which is home to a good number of people who work at base Trenton or in the Municipality of Quinte West, is being kept in the loop by 8 Wing. Mayor Brian Ostrander says at an operational level, the spread of COVID 19 is not having an impact on Brighton.
Ostrander echoes what the general manager of the Brighton Chamber of Commerce said early this week …. it is business as
usual in the community.
