Interior Health dealing with COVID-19 community cluster in Fernie
by Nelson Daily Staff on Wednesday January 27 2021

Interior Health is dealing with another COVID-19 community cluster, this time in the East Kootenay.
Interior Health declared Wednesday a COVID-19 cluster in the Fernie region and urges all residents to maintain their efforts to prevent community transmission of COVID-19.
“This week contact tracing confirms new cases of COVID-19 where people are reporting higher numbers of close contacts which contributes to increased community spread and heightened concern,” said Dr. Albert De Villiers, Interior Health chief medical health officer.