UPDATE: Five cases at Drew Nursing Home this week
[Updated 7am Friday, changes in bold]
There’s an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Drew Nursing Home in Sackville. Mike Keating, interim director of the New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes, confirmed that five cases have been diagnosed this week, two in residents and three in employees.
The first case was found earlier this week and prompted two rounds of mandatory testing for residents and staff so far. The first round yielded all negative results, but the second round conducted Wednesday found two positive cases in residents of the home. Another two positive cases in employees were reported Thursday.
Keating says the two residents are, “suffering mild symptoms at this time, but of course they are compromised people having to live in a nursing home.”
The Drew has put in pandemic protocols and restrictions “until such time as they an get the situation under control,” says Keating. He wasn’t certain if the province had dispatched a Provincial Rapid Outbreak Management team (PROMT) to the Drew, but there’s been two rounds of testing so far, and more will come. “I know the protocol is to continue the testing for residents and employees until there’s no longer a risk,” says Keating.
The Drew is currently locked down with no visitors allowed, and PPE protocols in place. Keating says that will continue until the home is satisfied that the risk is gone.… Continue