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The first round of COVID-19 tests related to the health-care worker at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) have all returned negative.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Between July 12 and 16, a total of 2,054 lab tests were completed at the QEH lab.<\/p>\n
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