CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The first round of COVID-19 tests related to the health-care worker at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) have all returned negative.
Dr. Heather Morrison, P.E.I.'s chief public health officer, confirmed the results in an evening media release on Friday, July 17. Following her announcement that a health-care worker tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this week, a large number of people were tested to be on the safe side.
Overall, 613 QEH staff and 145 Island EMS staff were tested, and along with the previously reported case of a woman in her 80s, 94 patients that the health-care worker had contact with were tested - all tests returned negative.
An additional six patients from out of province were contacted and advised to be tested. As well, 61 patients and 30 staff members will require a second test, which will be completed by July 19.
Between July 12 and 16, a total of 2,054 lab tests were completed at the QEH lab.
