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COVID isolation kits created for vulnerable seniors, disabled

Author of the article: Local Journalism Initiative Publishing date: Feb 14, 2021  •  February 14, 2021  •  3 minute read  •  The pandemic isolation kits that East Parry Sound Community Support Services has created contain more than 20 essential and beneficial items vulnerable seniors and disabled people in rural communities could use in a pinch. Among the items are a first-aid kit and non-perishable food. In total, 200 kits have been created. Leslie Price Photo Article content Rocco Frangione, Local Journalism Initiative Vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities in East Parry Sound are each getting a pandemic isolation kit thanks to East Parry Sound Community Support Services. We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

Community members call for more transparency amid ongoing COVID-19 outbreak

Article content Family members of residents at Extendicare Kapuskasing are calling for more transparency amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. A virtual town hall was held by Mushkegowuk-James Bay MPP Guy Bourgouin Thursday night to discuss the outbreak at the long-term care home. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Community members call for more transparency amid ongoing COVID-19 outbreak Back to video Fifteen residents have died since the outbreak was declared at the facility on Jan. 7. Seventy staff and residents have tested positive. “We’re hurting. When you’re a community like Kapuskasing of 9,000, we know mostly everybody,” Bourgouin said. “And families, friends are losing people in our community in such a bad way that families can’t even be there at the end.”

COVID-19 claims four more lives at Extendicare in Kap

Article content There have been four more deaths related to the outbreak at the Extendicare Long-Term Care Home in Kapuskasing, There have now been 11 deaths attributed to COVID-19 at that residence within a span of two weeks. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. The Porcupine Health Unit reported the deaths Wednesday afternoon. Extendicare Kapuskasing had reported three deaths among its residence on its Facebook page earlier in the day. “We are saddened to confirm two of our residents who were COVID-positive passed away yesterday (Tuesday)  afternoon, and an additional positive resident who was receiving care in hospital passed away overnight.”

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