Staff at New Westminster Retirement Home exams positive for COVID-19

Additional team members provide pathological inspections at the residence and answer questions from staff, residents and family members.

Positively tested staff self-isolation at home.

Fraser Health advises that cleaning and infection control measures be expedited and that staff and residents be tested twice a day.

Thornbridge Gardens is now closed to visitors and the movement of staff and residents is restricted to auxiliary and independent living quarters.

Nine long-term care and seniors’ homes in BC are currently dealing with the spread of COVID-19. They are:

• Banfield Pavilion is a long-term care facility.
• Point Gray Private Hospital is a long-term care facility.
• Yaletown House is a long-term care facility.
• Cherington Place is a long-term care facility.
• Evergreen Hamlets is a long-term care facility.
• Kin Village Assisted-Living Facility.
• Milliu Children and Family Services Society Community-Living Facility.
• New Vista Care Home is a long-term care facility.
• Redu Retirement Center is an independent-living facility.

Some care facilities have been repeatedly spread – on Friday, the Holy Family Hospital in Vancouver announced the third outbreak of COVID-19 with a single broadcast.

As of FridayIn BC, 1,349 active cases of COVID-19 were reported, 62 of whom were hospitalized, 19 of whom were in intensive care.

Public health activists are actively monitoring 3,533 people across the self-isolated province due to COVID-19 exposure.