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Personal care home staff with no symptoms of COVID-19 could soon get testing anyway following the success of a recent pilot project.
Personal care home staff with no symptoms of COVID-19 could soon get testing anyway following the success of a recent pilot project.
The pilot project rapid testing for the novel coronavirus was completed over four weeks starting in mid-December at three personal care homes. It will now be offered to other facilities in the province. So far almost 40 care homes have taken up the offer. The fast identification of a positive test result enables the quickest possible action for the facility and the province, said Health and Seniors Care Minister Heather Stefanson in a statement on Monday.
WINNIPEG A trio of personal care homes in Manitoba are getting an added layer of protection in the fight against COVID-19. Three sites, including Winnipeg’s Deer Lodge Centre, are being sent Abbott Panbio COVID-19 antigen tests. “It’s a rapid test that we get the results back in 20 minutes,” said Kevin Scott, chief operating officer at Deer Lodge Centre. “It’s really that extra measure for us to be able to keep our patients and residents safe.” The goal is to stop COVID from unknowingly infiltrating these highly vulnerable places and infecting the people who call them home.