The number of employees who tested positive for COVID-19 at a Ladner greenhouse has increased significantly.
Fraser Health and the provincial health ministry on Dec. 3 declared an outbreak at Millennium Pacific Greenhouse, located at 3752 Arthur Dr., after finding evidence of virus transmission among staff.
At that time, 10 employees of the facility were reported to have tested positive.
Fraser Health said it was screening employees and case and contact management was ongoing.
The health region told the Optimist Tuesday afternoon that the number of confirmed cases among employees has since increased to 43 and that case and contact management is still ongoing.
Those identified as cases and close contacts have been instructed to self-isolate.
Fraser Health has inspected the site and continues to work with the facility to strengthen their COVID-19 mitigation strategies, said a spokesperson from Fraser Health in an email to the Optimist.
