COVID-19 infection prompts Agnico Eagle to evacuate 16 workers – Nunatsiaq News
Mar 30, 2021
1 Meadowbank gold mine worker tests positive; others were close contacts
Agnico Eagle Mining Ltd. has removed 16 workers from its Meadowbank gold mine site near Baker Lake after detecting a case of COVID-19.
The mine worker had tested negative March 15 for COVID-19 before flying to Meadowbank, as part of the mining company’s employee travel protocol for Nunavut, a release from Agnico Eagle said.
On March 19, the worker started to develop mild COVID-19 symptoms.
“In accordance with Agnico Eagle’s protocol, the individual was immediately placed in isolation and re-tested,” the company said.
