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The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority has confirmed that an employee of the Heritage Lodge personal care home has tested positive for the variant of concern first identified in the United Kingdom.
“One staff member at Heritage Lodge LTC has tested positive for the B.1.1.7 (UK) variant strain of COVID-19,” the WRHA said Tuesday. “The facility has implemented appropriate infection control and outbreak measures. A WRHA Clinical Lead continues to support the site, and the situation currently remains stable.”
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Posted: Mar 16, 2021 7:38 PM CT | Last Updated: March 17
A staff member at Heritage Lodge Personal Care Home has tested positive for the B117 coronavirus variant, the WRHA says.(Walther Bernal/CBC)
A staff member at the Heritage Lodge Personal Care Home in Winnipeg has tested positive for the highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K., the health region says.
The facility has implemented appropriate infection control and outbreak measures, and the situation is considered stable, a personal care home update released on Tuesday says.
An outbreak was declared at the care home on Wednesday after a staff member tested positive, according to a statement from Revera, the company that owns the care home.
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