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.