COVID-19 Variant Found at Barrie Long-Term Care Home
Testing continues to confirm exact variant strain
A COVID-19 variant has been detected by health authorities at a Barrie long-term care home which is currently experiencing the virus outbreak. Testing continues to determine the exact variant strain.
Preliminary laboratory testing has identified a COVID-19 variant in six swabs at Roberta Place, a long-term care home in Barrie, Ontario, according to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU).
“The variant strain testing is a two part test, and at this time, the first test which looks for a particular 501 mutation is positive and indicates a very high probability that they are of a variant strain of concern,” SMDHU said in a news release on Wednesday.
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Personal support worker at Roberta Place says it s absolute terror
As of Monday afternoon, 53 staff members and 63 residents have tested positive for the virus; There have also been nine resident deaths
Jan 18, 2021 7:27 PM By: Shawn Gibson
For the families of people living at Roberta Place, as well as those working inside the Essa Road facility, these past several days have been filled with stress and fear.
For the past two and a half years, Karen Fokkens DeBeer’s mother, Jane, has been living at Roberta Place long-term care home, the facility in south-end Barrie that has been ravaged by COVID-19 in recent weeks, including nine resident deaths.