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COVID-19 outbreak announced at Waterloo International Airport

The Waterloo region has announced that an outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared by public health at the operations center at Waterloo International Airport after two employees tested positive for coronavirus.

It said the staff were last at the airport on November 18 and are now in isolation.

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The region said contract monitoring is underway.

It said there was no contact with members of the public, including airport passengers or crew.

The airport is currently open for domestic flights but in the next eight days that will change.

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At the beginning of the month, the federal government announced that it would open to international travel on November 30.

As of Friday, there have been 13 other active COVID-19 outbreaks in the Waterloo Region, including five at area schools, one at St. Mary and one at Wilfrid Laurier University.

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