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Posted: May 12, 2021 9:44 AM AT | Last Updated: May 12
The Wood Street Centre in Truro is a secure facility for youth in care in Nova Scotia. (Google Maps)
Advocates are raising concerns about the conditions at Nova Scotia s secure treatment facility for youth in care, after a positive case of COVID-19 was detected among staff and the facility was placed into lockdown.
The Department of Community Services confirmed that a person connected to the Wood Street Centre who was last on site on April 27 has tested positive for COVID-19. All staff and youth at the Truro facility were subsequently tested for the virus, and youth have been confined to their rooms.