Interior Health has reported a COVID-19 outbreak at Mount Ida Mews in Salmon Arm. (File photo)

Interior Health has reported a COVID-19 outbreak at Mount Ida Mews in Salmon Arm. (File photo)

Interior Health reports COVID-19 outbreak at Salmon Arm long-term care home

Outbreak began Jan. 18

A Salmon Arm long-term care facility has a COVID-19 outbreak.

According to Interior Health, a coronavirus outbreak at Mount Ida Mews began on Tuesday, Jan. 18. The outbreak was reported in the Chinook and Coho units of the facility.

Read more: Confined by COVID-19: Shuswap senior reflects on loneliness in lockdown

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