THUNDER BAY - An outbreak of COVID-19 at a Thunder Bay care home has been declared over. There have been no new cases at Hogarth Riverview Manor since one frontline employee tested positive on May 2.
Under provincial rules, an outbreak must be declared as soon as one ore more residents or staff at a long-term care home tests positive for the virus. It can be declared over if there are no new cases 14 days after the last shift worked by the employee.
Residents on the fourth floor, where the staff member had worked, were isolated for 14 days following the outbreak. Follow-up testing determined no additional infections had taken place, said the Thunder Bay District Health Unit in a release issued Friday afternoon.
Precautions in place at the care home include screening staff at the beginning and end of each shift, including temperature checks, assessing residents twice a day for symptoms, restricting visits, and requiring all staff and essential visitors to wear PPE.
