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COVID-19 Variant Found at Barrie Long-Term Care Home Testing continues to confirm exact variant strain A COVID-19 variant has been detected by health authorities at a Barrie long-term care home which is currently experiencing the virus outbreak. Testing continues to determine the exact variant strain. Preliminary laboratory testing has identified a COVID-19 variant in six swabs at Roberta Place, a long-term care home in Barrie, Ontario, according to the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDHU). “The variant strain testing is a two part test, and at this time, the first test which looks f...

A worker who had close contact with someone who travelled abroad was one of the first to be suspected of carrying a highly contagious coronavirus variant into Barrie’s Roberta Place long-term care home, health officials said Thursday.

Article content Ontario is not buying any of Pfizer’s excuses for delays in vaccine delivery, Premier Doug Ford says. Ford personally called Pfizer Canada President Cole Pinnow Wednesday to point out the impact of the shortfall on the province’s vaccine rollout program — the promised supply of 80,000 doses is now down to zero. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Ford blasts Pfizer for delays as Ontario reports 2,632 new COVID cases, 46 more deaths Back to video “Every day we lose it’s a day we’ve lost in the war and it’s a death,”...

  BARRIE, ONT. -- The outbreak at Roberta Place continues to storm through the Barrie long-term care home, with 92 residents and 57 staff members infected. On Tuesday, the facility reported another resident death, for a total of 10 in the last 11 days. Albert (Al) Swan is among those to have lost his life after testing positive for COVID-19. His granddaughter Ashley Macfarlane describes her "grandie" as an active man full of life. "He was skating twice a week until his mid-80s. He went golfing until his mid-80s. He even got a hole in one," she said. Swan was the first resident at the h...

Personal support worker at Roberta Place says 'it's absolute terror' As of Monday afternoon, 53 staff members and 63 residents have tested positive for the virus; There have also been nine resident deaths Jan 18, 2021 7:27 PM By: Shawn Gibson For the families of people living at Roberta Place, as well as those working inside the Essa Road facility, these past several days have been filled with stress and fear.  For the past two and a half years, Karen Fokkens DeBeer’s mother, Jane, has been living at Roberta Place long-term care home, the facility in south-...