Cassellholme continues outbreak investigation
Cassellholme Home for the Aged is working on getting to the bottom of why a handful of staff and essential caregivers tested positive for COVID-19.
Jamie Lowery, CEO of the nursing home says he’s been in constant contact with the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit and other public health players.
“We were talking with them as late as 11 o’clock at night sometimes,” he said.
The Health Unit declared an outbreak at the nursing home on the weekend after 13 people tested positive for the virus.
The agency provided an update three days later saying at least one person had a preliminary positive result for a variant of concern, but others had retested negative.
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No new, resolved COVID-19 cases reported
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Algoma Public Health continues to follow protocols to distribute vaccines to high priority groups.
Author of the article: Elaine Della-Mattia
Publishing date: Feb 25, 2021 • February 25, 2021 • 3 minute read • There should be a more regular and consistent supply of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the region by the middle of March, according to the medical officer of health with the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit. The Canadian Press Photo by Frank Gunn /THE CANADIAN PRESS
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More doses of the approved COVID-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in the Algoma District this week and next week.
Algoma Public Health reports that the shipment of vaccines over the next two weeks will mean long-term care health staff and essential caregivers, along with the highest priority health care workers will be in line to receive the vaccines.
One new COVID-19 case reported, another resolved
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