The ward provides general medical services, mostly for older people (65-plus). There are no Covid-positive patients in the ward at present.
Staff have all the recommended PPE available to them and are trained in its use in addition to face masks being available for casual contacts with patients and other staff.
The DHB has informed all staff and has discussed the situation with all of affected inpatients and, where appropriate, their family members.
"The staff on the ward have displayed great resilience and professionalism in dealing with this issue and we thank them for their openness and understanding. We expect to have many of them resume work in the next few days." Dr Snee said.