06 Sep 2020

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Deep Cleaning and Sanitization of Capital House – A Subsidiary Office of the Ministry of Health

Cabinet Office

The Cabinet Office announces for general information that the Ministry of Health’s subsidiary office at Capital House, on the corner of Augusta and Virginia Streets, was deep cleaned and sanitized today, Sunday, 6 September 2020.

The Capital House building houses the Health Education and Nutrition Units, the Nursing Council and the Hospitals and Health Care Facilities Licensing Board.

A member of staff tested positive for COVID-19, but has not been into work since Friday, 28 August 2020.

Out an abundance of caution, the sanitization process was executed and completed on Sunday, 6 September, so that operations can resume as usual on Monday, 7^th September 2020.

The Surveillance Unit has initiated contact tracing to determine the level of exposure to all employees, and all other protocols are being followed.