COVID-19 outbreak at Roberta Place declared over
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Posted Feb 18, 2021 12:48 pm EDT
A COVID-19 outbreak was declared at Roberta Place Long-Term Care in Barrie, ON on Jan. 8, 2021. GOOGLE STREET VIEW
The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU) has officially declared the outbreak at Roberta Place Long Term Care Home in Barrie resolved.
The outbreak began six weeks ago, on Jan. 8, with the more contagious U.K. variant of the virus being identified as the main cause. It quickly became one of the worst outbreaks in a long-term care setting in the province.
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The Red Cross was deployed to the home on Jan. 17 and several other organizations including the SMDHU, Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre, The County of Simcoe, Hospice Huronia and The North Simcoe Muskoka Specialized Geriatric Services Program assisted with bringing the outbreak under control.
A central Ontario long-term care home devastated by an outbreak of a highly contagious variant of COVID-19 is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit from residents families who allege their loved ones were neglected by those charged with keeping them safe.
Roberta Place, the central Ontario long-term care home devastated by an outbreak of a highly contagious variant of COVID-19 is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit from residents families who allege their loved ones were neglected by those charged with keeping them safe.
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A COVID-19 outbreak was declared in the facility on Jan. 8, 2021, and since then, more than 200 people have contracted the virus, including all but one of the residents. More than 60 residents and an essential caregiver have died.
Officials with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit have confirmed that at least some of the residents have a highly transmissible variant of the virus that was originally discovered in the U.K., and the region’s top doctor says he believes everyone infected at the long-term care home has that variant, but testing is still underway.
The statement of claim alleges the facility failed to keep residents with COVID-19 separate from those who didn’t have the virus.
Barrie long-term care home with outbreak of COVID-19 variant faces lawsuit
The unproven statement of claim filed to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice alleges the long-term care home in Barrie, Ont., failed to take basic precautionary measures to protect against the novel coronavirus 10 months after the pandemic took hold in Canada.
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Posted: Feb 01, 2021 12:47 PM ET | Last Updated: February 2
Loved ones of residents at Roberta Place are proposing a class-action lawsuit against the home. The statement of claim alleges the facility failed to keep residents with COVID-19 separate from those who didn t have the virus. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)