Two members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) returning from the Middle East on an army flight that stopped in Newfoundland and Labrador tested for the new coronavirus.
As a result, some members of five Wing Goose Bays, in Happy-Valley Goose Bay, N. L. , now isolate themselves as a precautionary measure.
The two CAF members were aboard a plane that brought back 35 bodies of workers from the deployment of Operation Impact, which had up to 850 Canadians deployed in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Kuwait.
The flight stopped overnight at five Wing Goose Bay on August 24, and all crews and passengers were transported to a base accommodation where they were removed from the rest of the base and the local community, the Canadian Armed Forces said in a Global News. . .
The two CAF members who took the test now isolate themselves at CFB Trenton in Trenton, Ontario.
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The ship’s members and pilots have been tested and are quarantined at CFB Trenton or at home.
CAF said the body of workers in five Wing Goose Bays, coupled with bus drivers and staff delivering meals, followed public fitness protocols, wore masks and maintained a proper physical distance.
The five Wing Goose Bay facility was disinfected after crew and passengers left the base.
“The threat of exposure to the five wing workers’ corps is considered low,” he said.
The aircraft carrying the 35 passengers was also professionally disinfected.
On Friday, Newfoundland reported its first new coronavirus case since August 10.
The province reported on new cases on Saturday. There is only one active case in Newfoundland and Labrador.