Posted: May 08, 2021 8:20 PM CT | Last Updated: May 9
The Iqaluit Elders Home, seen here directly to the left of the North Mart store, is being closed after a staff exposure to COVID-19, says Nunavut s health department.(Google Maps)
The Iqaluit Elders Home is being closed and elders are being moved out of the facility, after staff members were exposed to COVID-19 and ordered to isolate, according to Nunavut s Department of Health.
Department spokesperson Chris Puglia did not say where the exposure had taken place in an email to CBC News on Saturday night.
Six clients have been transferred to other facilities, four are being transferred to Embassy West Senior Living retirement home in Ottawa because of more advanced needs, while the rest are being cared for elsewhere in the territory, he said.
Iqaluit Elders’ Home residents transferred as staff isolates due to COVID-19 exposure
‘Once the outbreak is over and staffing permits, residents will be able to return,’ Health Department spokesperson says
Residents of Iqaluit’s elders’ home have been sent to other facilities because the home’s staff is in isolation due to exposure to COVID-19, Nunavut’s Health Department says. (File photo)
By Nunatsiaq News
Residents of the Iqaluit Elders’ Home were moved to other long-term care facilities over the weekend, because the home’s staff went into isolation due to exposure to COVID-19, says Nunavut’s Health Department.
“The facility has had to transfer six clients to other facilities to ensure continued quality care,” Chris Puglia, spokesperson for the Health Department, told Nunatsiaq News Sunday morning in a statement.
Crime by ELISE WILLIAMS
Premium Content  Christopher Puglia set his blood-splattered clothes on fire after killing his parents, who had previously told neighbours they feared their son, police will allege. Eight witnesses, including several of Loris and Franco Puglia s neighbours, will be cross-examined in a committal hearing on the gruesome deaths of the Joyner husband and wife, as new details in the lead-up to their horrific final moments emerge. Christopher Puglia with his parents Loris and Frank Puglia. The couple s 31-year-old son was in May last year
arrested in New South Wales after he allegedly fled from his parents Joyner home, north of Brisbane, just hours after he s accused of using a sledgehammer to deliver a series of fatal blows to the couple, both 59.
Man allegedly set bloodied clothes alight after parents death tweeddailynews.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tweeddailynews.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Nunavut reports 0 active COVID-19 cases, but still warns of outbreaks
After going from zero to 266 cases of COVID-19 in less than two months, Nunavut is reporting zero active cases of the disease.
Social Sharing
CBC News ·
Posted: Jan 03, 2021 12:47 PM CT | Last Updated: January 3
Nunavut reported its first case of COVID-19 in Sanikiluaq on Nov. 6. On Sunday, the territory was reporting zero active cases of the disease.(Google Canada)
After going from zero to 266 cases of COVID-19 in less than two months, Nunavut is reporting zero active cases of the disease. However, the outbreaks are still considered active and public health orders are still in effect, Nunavut Health Department spokesperson Chris Puglia said on Sunday.