Yorkton Health Centre outbreak declared over By Josh Sigurdson
The COVID-19 outbreak at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre has finally been declared over.
Interim Director of Acute Care for the Yorkton area, Janna-Lea Yawney, says the outbreak in the 1st East and West inpatient medical units was declared over on Wednesday (Mar. 10), by the local SHA Medical Health Officer, Dr. Ashok Chhetri.
“We are extremely happy,” Yawney said. “That shows that all of the measures we implemented and put into place were beneficial and helped us work towards resolving any further viral transmission.”
The medical units were on Saskatchewan’s outbreak list since January 19th and it had been several weeks since the last case was connected to the outbreak.
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By Ryan Young
Mar 5, 2021 8:00 PM
Another week of no new cases linked to the COVID-19 outbreak at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre.
Interim Director of Acute Care for the Yorkton area, Janna-Lea Yawney says they’re hopeful the 1st East and West inpatient medical units will be taken off the declared outbreak list by March 10.
She says the fact there is no new cases can be attributed to the measures they have in place.
“We have enhanced screening in the hospital, we have also the requirement for all staff and visitors to wear masks throughout the facility, perform hand hygiene upon entering and go through a series of screening questions,” Yawney explained.