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The Haliburton Highlands Health Services (HHHS) says all residents at the Hyland Crest long-term care home have tested negative for COVID-19.
This comes after two essential caregivers tested positive for the virus over the weekend. The long-term care home was placed in an outbreak on February 1st after two essential caregivers tested positive for COVID-19.
Staff results are still pending, according to HHHS officials.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s (HKPR) top doctor Ian Gemmill said Wednesday what’s happening is more of a “situation” than an outbreak.
HKPR’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Ian Gemmill explained that provincial regulations mandate that a home must be placed in an outbreak if two or more cases are diagnosed within it. While the Health Unit has put proper infection control protocols in place, he doesn’t believe it’s an “outbreak” but it’s a “situation. He says the two caregivers that
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The provincial government is investing over $865,000 into area long-term care homes.
Member of provincial parliament for Northumberland – Peterborough South, David Piccini, made the announcement this afternoon (Feb 3).
This money will be used to increase preventiona nd containment efforts when it comes to COVID-19, and here’s the breakdown of which homes will receive funding:
· Burnbrae Gardens Long Term Care Residence is receiving an additional $35,600, bringing the total prevention and containment support to $359,800
· Extendicare Cobourg is receiving an additional $70,800, bringing the total prevention and containment support to $326,400
· Extendicare Port Hope is receiving an additional $183,600, bringing the total prevention and containment support to $521,800
COVID-193 February 2021
By Sue Tiffin
The following are brief reports from a Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge district health unit press conference held virtually Jan. 27.
Dr. Ian Gemmill, acting medical officer of health, noted that Haliburton County is not unaffected by COVID-19 – at the time of the press conference, there were five current cases of COVID-19 in Haliburton County being confirmed by the health unit, more than a dozen high-risk contacts, and the first hospitalization since one reported last April.
“So the numbers are small but I think the issue I’m trying to get across is that coronavirus is everywhere,” he told media. “There’s no part of our area that is unaffected, and there’s no part of our area in which you can throw precautions to the wind. It’s basically a fact of life, it’s something we’re living with now. If someone is saying there’s no coronavirus in Haliburton, it’s not accurate.”
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Starting Friday, residents at Extendicare in Haliburton will be getting their first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Norm Bottum with the Haliburton Highlands Family Health Team says all residents will be immunized. “As well there will be a few extra doses that are being given to some of the older staff that work closely with the residents,” he adds.
Bottum joined Rick Lowes on the 93.5 Moose FM morning show to break the news.
“I was told this morning that Highland Wood and Highland Crest were initially scheduled for later next week but with a limited supply of vaccine, they will be postponed,” he says, adding a new date has not been scheduled.
Hastings and Prince Edward counties are marking a new record in the pandemic.
Today marks the third straight day in a row that health officials have announced no new COVID-19 cases.
Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is reporting a total of 11 active cases, as two people have recovered.
The seven-day case rate per 100,000 people has dropped to 3.0.
The outbreak at Crown Ridge Long Term Care Home in Trenton continues, as one case has been identified.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health until is not reporting any new cases in Northumberland County. There are a total of 18 active cases in the county.