Canada oil sands work camp reports coronavirus infection

Civeo

20/03/2020 18:40

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 20 (Reuters) - A northern Alberta
work camp near Canada's oil sands has reported a case of
coronavirus, highlighting the potential risk posed by the
outbreak to the commodities industry, which often sees large
groups of workers together housed together in remote areas.
    Houston-based Civeo Corp  CVEO.N  sent a letter on Thursday
to companies housing workers at its Borealis Lodge of a
"presumptive positive" coronavirus case in a worker who stayed
there this week.
    The worker had been taken by ambulance to hospital. All
areas where the worker was thought to have spent time were
sanitized, Civeo said in a statement on Friday. Test results are
pending, it said.
    Such camps are a common form of lodging for workers involved
in oil production, construction or other trades at the oil sands
near Fort McMurray, Alberta. Spread of the COVID-19 disease at
the camps could make it more difficult to maintain production
levels of Canada's largest source of crude.
    

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