A total of 64 residents, along with 40 staff members, are confirmed cases. Surveillance testing of all staff and residents is being done every five days. The most recent round last weekend detected eight new cases.
Twelve residents have died from the virus, which account for all but two of the total COVID-19 deaths in the Thunder Bay District. It s a very significant outbreak. It hit us fast. It hit us hard, said Candace Chartier, the chief seniors advocate and strategic partnerships officer for Southbridge. We re basically doing everything we can right now to make sure our residents are safe and well cared for.
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There’s still no official word on when a COVID-19 vaccine will be available here in the Northwestern Health Unit catchment area.
Medical Officer of Health Doctor Kit Young Hoon says they’re meeting regularly with the province to discuss it.
“There’s a fair bit of planning that’s happening provincially and so we’re still waiting for clear direction and guidance from the Ministry of Health on vaccine rollouts specific to our catchment area.”
The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has been selected as the first site in the northwest to distribute the Pfizer vaccine.
Health Minister Patty Hajdu. Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com/FILE)
THUNDER BAY – Health Minister Patty Hajdu says being able to watch the first COVID-19 vaccines being administered felt like being part of history.
However, she cautioned the general public to be patient.
While several provinces, including Ontario, have begun delivering vaccines to front-line workers and the country’s most vulnerable people, it will be some time before there are enough doses of either the Pfizer BioNTech or Moderna vaccines to inoculate larger swaths of the population.
“It’s going to take some time before everyone in Canada has an opportunity to be vaccinated and everyone around the world has an opportunity to be vaccinated,” Hajdu said on Tuesday, speaking with Thunder Bay Television.
Health Minister Patty Hajdu. Leith Dunick, tbnewswatch.com/FILE)
THUNDER BAY – Health Minister Patty Hajdu says being able to watch the first COVID-19 vaccines being administered felt like being part of history.
However, she cautioned the general public to be patient.
While several provinces, including Ontario, have begun delivering vaccines to front-line workers and the country’s most vulnerable people, it will be some time before there are enough doses of either the Pfizer BioNTech or Moderna vaccines to inoculate larger swaths of the population.
“It’s going to take some time before everyone in Canada has an opportunity to be vaccinated and everyone around the world has an opportunity to be vaccinated,” Hajdu said on Tuesday, speaking with Thunder Bay Television.