UPDATE: 5:23 p.m.
Mount Boucherie Winery and The Modest Butcher will also be closed to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The winery announced that a staff member had tested positive for COVID-19 and it will be closed until further notice. For now, the restaurant is planning to open Thursday, July 29.
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UPDATE: 2:00 p.m.
Two other Kelowna restaurants have announced closures in an effort to help curb the spread of COVID-19 in the downtown area.
BNA Brewing Co. & Eatery announced that staff will assess the situation in the next few days.
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The Train Station Pub and Mid-Town Station Kitchen + Drink also announced they will be closed for the time being.
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ORIGINAL:
Three Kelowna restaurants are closing for the next few days as staff deal with COVID-19 exposures.
Central Kitchen + Bar posted on social media that the restaurant will be closed from July 26 to 30 after several staff members tested positive for COVID-19.
The owners said they wanted to be transparent with the community about the situation.
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Rustysa国际传媒檚 Sports Lounge announced it would be voluntarily closing following a COVID exposure. While Interior Health did not order the closure, the bar said it chose to close to curb further transmission.
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The Kelowna Yacht Club is also closing its memberssa国际传媒� lounge following exposure, the club announced in a posted to its website on Sunday. The club does not give a date for the loungesa国际传媒檚 reopening, only stating it will remain closed until further notice.
The exposures come after news of a COVID-19 cluster at Gotham nightclub over the weekend.
Editorsa国际传媒檚 Note: This story was updated at 12:30 p.m. to include information on the closures of Rustysa国际传媒檚 and the Kelowna Yacht Club.
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