Public Service Announcement: Health Unit Working With Long-Term Care Homes to Help Prevent the Spread of COVID-19

NORTH BAY, ON – COVID-19 surveillance testing of residents will be taking place at Au Château and Cassellholme. Testing is part of a long-term care home surveillance investigation because staff members undergoing routine screening initially tested positive for COVID-19, but upon further testing, they tested negative. As a result, of the negative tests, the Health Unit did not declare outbreaks at these long-term care homes.

Even though outbreaks were not declared, outbreak precautions are in place and the long-term care homes will continue to monitor staff and essential care-givers.

A number of long-term care home outbreaks have been declared across the province. In southern Ontario, some long-term care homes have experienced tragic outbreaks due to the UK COVID-19 variant, which is highly contagious. The Health Unit will continue to work with long-term care homes to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Currently, the UK variant has not been found in the North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit’s region.

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