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When an email from the personal care home where Marie Tremblay’s mother lives landed in her inbox with the subject line “holiday season visitation,” her mind started racing.
When an email from the personal care home where Marie Tremblay’s mother lives landed in her inbox with the subject line holiday season visitation, her mind started racing.
Tremblay’s mom is a resident at Park Manor Personal Care Home in Transcona, where an outbreak of COVID-19 has infected 73 residents and 37 staff. Twenty-two residents have died due to the disease. They’ve asked families not to go in there during COVID; it’s bad enough with staff getting it. So, I haven’t gone in to visit her since the lockdown, Tremblay said Friday.
Winnipeg Free Press By: Danielle Da Silva | Posted: 7:00 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020
Last Modified: 7:19 PM CST Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 | Updates
Despite being confined to their rooms and stepped-up infection controls, residents of long-term care homes grappling with COVID-19 outbreaks continue to catch the deadly virus often due to it hitching a ride with unsuspecting staff.
Despite being confined to their rooms and stepped-up infection controls, residents of long-term care homes grappling with COVID-19 outbreaks continue to catch the deadly virus often due to it hitching a ride with unsuspecting staff.
Dr. Jazz Atwal, Manitoba’s acting deputy chief provincial public health officer, said many large-scale care home outbreaks are due to breaches in personal protective equipment or issues in following public health advice.