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Personal care home staff with no symptoms of COVID-19 could soon get testing anyway following the success of a recent pilot project.
Personal care home staff with no symptoms of COVID-19 could soon get testing anyway following the success of a recent pilot project.
The pilot project rapid testing for the novel coronavirus was completed over four weeks starting in mid-December at three personal care homes. It will now be offered to other facilities in the province. So far almost 40 care homes have taken up the offer. The fast identification of a positive test result enables the quickest possible action for the facility and the province, said Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson in a statement on Monday.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Kevin Rollason | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 Save to Read Later
For the first time in almost three months, Marie Bell heard her daughter tell her in person she loves her.
For the first time in almost three months, Marie Bell heard her daughter tell her in person she loves her.
Bell, 89, is a resident of Convalescent Home of Winnipeg, a personal care home which has gone through weeks of battling an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Extremely restrictive visitation policies were enacted.
Now, as its COVID-19 numbers dropped, the facility, following guidelines set by Shared Health, has begun allowing in-person visitation via a heated pod located outside the main building.