An outbreak of COVID-19 in the Acute Care Unit of the Drumheller Health Centre has been declared.
The Outbreak was identified on Wednesday, September 1. According to Alberta Health Services, two individuals associated with this outbreak have tested positive for COVID-19.
AHS has implemented protocols for the affected Unit. These protocols include:
“Any patient with symptoms, or who has tested positive for COVID-19, is isolated and treated in designated rooms.
All at-risk patients on each unit have been tested. Contact tracing for patients and healthcare workers potentially exposed to these individuals is ongoing.
All AHS facilities follow rigorous Infection Prevention and Control standards and practices. All healthcare workers are asked to self-assess for COVID-19 symptoms and exposure risk using a screening tool before reporting to a site for their shift, and our frontline teams are practicing continuous masking and diligent hand hygiene practices while at work.
Designated family/support persons and visitors entering AHS facilities are instructed to follow all appropriate measures. Visitation restrictions are in place to minimize the risk of transmission to and from outside of the hospital.
If you are feeling unwell, please do not visit friends and loved ones in hospital at this time."

Division 7 Councillor Ben Armstrong brought a request to Wheatland County council during the regular Tuesday, August 24 council meeting to send correspondence to Alberta Transportation over concerns regarding repairs to Highway 561 west of the Village of Hussar.
The province previously agreed to build shoulders on the highway for traffic safety, however, in some 10 years this has not occurred and the road has since been made narrower through other roadwork.
“Business is picking up out there, now that we’re talking about windmills going out there and other talk about some other development if it goes through,” Councillor Armstrong said during the meeting. “We just need to let the government know we’re disappointed in how they’re treating (Highway 561).”
The western stretch of the highway runs south of the Village of Hussar and is the main thoroughfare from Highway 1 east of Strathmore to Highway 56 east of the village, with many large trucks and farming equipment traversing this stretch of highway.
Councillor Armstrong noted milling and repairs to lift the road near the Wheatland Crossing School have been completed previously, but developing a proper shoulder along the road has yet to be completed.
Earlier in the day, council had deliberated on reducing speed limits along other roads throughout the county, and Councillor Armstrong noted the highway would be “a good candidate” for a lower speed limit, calling it “a danger to drive” with increased heavy traffic.
Councillor Armstrong moved for administration to draft a letter to Alberta Transportation to outline the county’s concerns regarding the narrow, shoulderless highway and inform them of ratepayer dissatisfaction.
The motion was carried unanimously.