UPDATE: An Island Health employee has confirmed to Victoria Buzz that the COVID-19 screening facility on Mount Newton Cross Road — Peninsula Health Unit — was also placed on lockdown at 10 a.m. Friday morning.
The source at the Cook Street facility says the lockdown there was lifted at 11:40 a.m. Sources say police are working to apprehend a suspect in Saanich.
Police have confirmed that one person was taken into custody for allegedly making a threat against COVID-19 testing facilities in the area.
Earlier: A large police presence has been detected at a COVID-19 testing facility in Victoria.
The Victoria Health Centre on Cook Street at Pembroke located across from Royal Athletic Park is currently under lockdown, an inside source tells Victoria Buzz.
As of approximately 10 a.m. on Friday morning the source, who has requested to remain anonymous, says police responded to an alleged threat of violence at the facility.
Staff inside the facility were instructed to close all blinds in the building.
The threat was allegedly made over the phone by a suspect who dialled the 8-1-1 information line.
