{"id":14188,"date":"2020-05-09T12:26:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T16:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/?p=14188"},"modified":"2020-05-18T01:00:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T05:00:17","slug":"updated-solidarity-as-covid-19-hits-royal-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/airpurifierspecialist.com\/store\/updated-solidarity-as-covid-19-hits-royal-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Solidarity as COVID-19 hits Royal Brock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The community of Brockville strands in solidarity with the residents and staff at the Royal Brock Retirement residence, Mayor Jason Baker said Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the Stewart Boulevard retirement home became the first seniors\u2019 facility in Leeds and Grenville to have had a COVID-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s heartbreaking, for sure,\u201d Baker said as he headed out on the second Community Strong Food Drive. \u201cWe\u2019ve worked very hard to try and avoid it. Now that it\u2019s happened, the first thing and the foremost thing is to make sure the Royal Brock knows they\u2019re not alone in this and that the community\u2019s going to support them, the city of Brockville\u2019s going to get them anything and everything that they need to help contain it.\u201d<\/p>\n

While COVID-19 has been in the community for weeks now, outbreaks in long-term care and retirement facilities, the hardest-hit sector, have been confined to Lanark County until the Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit on Friday reported one staff member at the Royal Brock has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n

\u201cInfection control measures under the Long Term Care Homes Act have been put in place to manage the outbreak and are being monitored by the health unit,\u201d officials at the tri-county agency reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe staff member is home under self-isolation and staff have been instructed to report any symptoms to public health immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Health unit spokeswoman Susan Healey said Friday one case is sufficient to declare an outbreak at a seniors\u2019 facility.<\/p>\n

She confirmed that, after health authorities had hoped seniors\u2019 facilities in the Leeds and Grenville area had dodged the coronavirus bullet, this is the first time a facility in the southern counties has an outbreak.<\/p>\n

She was unsure whether this new case is the one recorded in the health unit\u2019s last COVID-19 update of the week on Friday, which showed 314 lab-confirmed cases, up one from the previous count. (The figure includes 43 deaths, unchanged from the previous count.)<\/p>\n

An analysis of the numbers shows that one new case is a health-care worker, but Healey could not confirm it is the staffer at Royal Brock.<\/p>\n

Since the provincial count is slightly ahead of the health unit total, recording 319 cases, it is possible the Royal Brock case will be captured in the next count next week, noted Healey.<\/p>\n

Jenifer Willis, director of care at the Royal Brock Retirement Residence, said in a prepared statement the Stewart Boulevard facility is taking all the necessary precautions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe safety and security of our staff and residents is a primary concern for us as is minimizing the risk of transmission,\u201d said Willis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain vigilant in our efforts to manage this outbreak and thank our staff, residents and family members for their compliance and support of our efforts. We continue to follow heightened COVID-19 infection control and screening protocols and all recommendations of the Chief Medical Officer of Health and Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe number of outbreaks in long-term care homes and retirement homes in the area serves as a reminder that we all need to follow the recommended actions to decrease the risk of spread of COVID-19 in the community,\u201d medical officer of health Dr. Paula Stewart, added in a statement of her own.<\/p>\n

Unlike other municipalities in the region, Brockville has not declared a municipal state of emergency during the pandemic crisis, and Baker on Saturday said he does not yet see the need to do so now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have a look at it but we\u2019re really tracking the capacity of the hospital as a measurement as to whether we would state an emergency,\u201d said the mayor.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be in very close contact continuously with the hospital on this if this starts to spread.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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