TORONTO — The union representing Ontario's correctional workers says an employee at a Toronto jail is being tested for COVID-19.
The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says a male worker at the Toronto South Detention Centre is in hospital as he awaits results.
The union's president, Warren (Smokey) Thomas, says the employee returned from a trip to Europe before public health officials recommended two weeks of self-isolation after travel.
Thomas says the employee went back to work but voluntarily went into self-isolation when the public health guidelines changed.
He says three other staff members who came in contact with the employee were sent home to self-isolate.
The Canadian Press
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version mistakenly said the employee had tested positive.
