A worker who became ill while staying at a Canada oil sands work camp has tested negative for the new coronavirus, the camp's operator Civeo Corp said on Tuesday.
The worker reported the negative test to Civeo, the Houston-based company's spokesman, Regan Nielsen, said. The man who had been staying at Borealis Lodge went to hospital last week for symptoms consistent with COVID-19.
Civeo had initially described the case as "presumptive positive" before saying it was only a "possible" case.
Such camps are a common form of lodging for workers involved in oil production, construction or other trades at the oil sands near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
(Reporting by Rod Nickel in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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