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The results of a provincial probe into one of Manitoba s deadliest personal-care home outbreaks remain unknown, even as the health department puts the private facility s licence under review.
The results of a provincial probe into one of Manitoba s deadliest personal-care home outbreaks remain unknown, even as the health department puts the private facility s licence under review.
Maples Personal Care Home in Winnipeg is one of three personal-care homes in Manitoba currently having its licence reviewed because it hasn t been able to keep up with provincial standards, a government spokesperson confirmed Monday. But the province has yet to disclose the findings of a review it commissioned last fall.
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Fewer than half of Winnipeg long-term care homes have been visited by a COVID-19 vaccination team in the past two weeks, while 20 facilities in the region remain under a declared outbreak.
Fewer than half of Winnipeg long-term care homes have been visited by a COVID-19 vaccination team in the past two weeks, while 20 facilities in the region remain under a declared outbreak.
On Friday, the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority reported four homes in the city had a total of 35 active cases of COVID-19 among residents. Among staff, it reported 29 active cases, as of Jan. 22.
The vaccine was available to all consenting residents at the personal care homes. Over the past week, about 4,700 residents in Manitoba seniors facilities were eligible to receive vaccine doses, including 136 residents within the Northern Health Region at three separate facilities - in addition to the Flin Flon-area residences, 66 people at the St. Paul s Residence in The Pas were able to receive their doses. COVID-19 outbreaks had been announced at all three facilities earlier in the pandemic, with six cases in total - one in a staff member during an exposure last summer and five other people who tested positive after a second exposure months later - reported at the Northern Lights Manor. The manor was declared free of any outbreaks as of Jan. 6. Another outbreak at the Flin Flon Personal Care Home, reported after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, was declared over Dec. 16 after no other people, including staff members and residents, reported any positive cases.
No zero-risk situation, Manitoba official warns ahead of loosened visitor restrictions starting Saturday
Manitoba reported 173 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths linked to the illness on Friday, a day before some of its strictest pandemic rules are set to ease slightly.
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With 2 designated visitors soon allowed everywhere but the north, Dr. Jazz Atwal urges people to stay vigilant
Posted: Jan 22, 2021 10:35 AM CT | Last Updated: January 22
Dr. Jazz Atwal, acting deputy Manitoba chief public health officer, speaks at a COVID-19 update at the Manitoba Legislative Building in this file photo.(John Woods/The Canadian Press)