Ciena, the technology company where Ottawa's first COVID-19 patient worked, will keep its offices closed for another two weeks, after a second employee tested positive for the virus.
A man in his 40s who had returned to Canada from Austria tested positive last week for COVID-19. It was the first confirmed case in Ottawa.
Ciena announced it would close its campus on Innovation Drive until March 17.
In a statement to CTV News, a spokesperson for Ciena confirmed a second employee has tested positive and the campus closure will extend until March 30. No other details about the employee were made available, but all COVID-19 patients in Ottawa are self-isolating, according to daily reports from the Ontario government.
Ciena employs 1700 people in Ottawa.
There are 13 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa as of 10:30 a.m. Monday.
