Twelve residents die at Scots care home in Covid outbreak as 51 others test positive
Visits and new admissions at West Park Care Home in Leslie, Fife, have been suspended after a coronavirus cluster claimed the lives of 12 residents while 21 staff have also caught the bug.
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A spokesman for NHS Fife said: NHS Fife is aware of a cluster of confirmed COVID-19 cases associated with West Park Care Home in Leslie. A total of 30 residents have tested positive for the virus. A further 21 staff have also tested positive for COVID-19. Sadly, 12 people have died after contracting COVID-19 and our thoughts are with their loved ones at this difficult time. Visiting is currently suspended, and the care home is closed to new admissions. NHS Fife s Health Protection Team and the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership are working closely with Fife Council s Environmental Health Service to support the management of the care home and offer advice to reduce further transmission of the virus.
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Participants can keep track of their steps by downloading the trust’s own app which can be paired with a variety of wearable devices.
The trust is also hoping that those taking part may take the opportunity to raise funds for its Fife Health and Wellbeing Fund which helps deliver its health and wellbeing programme supporting local people living with long-term health conditions such as cancer, dementia, diabetes and heart incidents with specially-designed physical activity sessions.
The trust’s furloughed staff are also being urged to take part .
Fiona Prendergast, wellbeing and programming manage, said: “We’d love as many people as possible to sign up - it’s a great way to stay active and continue to feel the health and wellbeing benefits of physical activity.
Residents die from Covid at Scots care home as 37 other people test positive in outbreak
NHS Fife confirmed residents have died at Abbotsford Bayview Care Home in Methil which remains closed to new admissions and all visitors as staff battle to get the infection under control.
Abbotsford Bayview Care Home in Methil
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