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Posted: May 08, 2021 8:20 PM CT | Last Updated: May 9
The Iqaluit Elders Home, seen here directly to the left of the North Mart store, is being closed after a staff exposure to COVID-19, says Nunavut s health department.(Google Maps)
The Iqaluit Elders Home is being closed and elders are being moved out of the facility, after staff members were exposed to COVID-19 and ordered to isolate, according to Nunavut s Department of Health.
Department spokesperson Chris Puglia did not say where the exposure had taken place in an email to CBC News on Saturday night.
Six clients have been transferred to other facilities, four are being transferred to Embassy West Senior Living retirement home in Ottawa because of more advanced needs, while the rest are being cared for elsewhere in the territory, he said.
Iqaluit Elders’ Home residents transferred as staff isolates due to COVID-19 exposure
‘Once the outbreak is over and staffing permits, residents will be able to return,’ Health Department spokesperson says
Residents of Iqaluit’s elders’ home have been sent to other facilities because the home’s staff is in isolation due to exposure to COVID-19, Nunavut’s Health Department says. (File photo)
By Nunatsiaq News
Residents of the Iqaluit Elders’ Home were moved to other long-term care facilities over the weekend, because the home’s staff went into isolation due to exposure to COVID-19, says Nunavut’s Health Department.
“The facility has had to transfer six clients to other facilities to ensure continued quality care,” Chris Puglia, spokesperson for the Health Department, told Nunatsiaq News Sunday morning in a statement.