Two of three Drew units get the all clear, no new cases found again

The Drew Nursing Home is located at 165 Main Street in Sackville, NB. Photo: Erica Butler

The Drew Nursing Home announced some good news this afternoon, with another round of COVID-19 testing of residents and staff coming back negative. Testing conducted Friday, October 15 yielded no new cases of COVID-19, and executive director Linda Shannon says Public Health may declare the outbreak over by this Friday if test results continue to be negative.

In fact, two of the three units in the nursing home have already received the all-clear. Residents in Chignecto and Beausejour units are now able to “get out and about within their units” says Shannon.

The Fundy unit will undergo testing for all staff and residents on Tuesday, and results will be shared by the end of the week.

Shannon says that the home is still waiting to hear when residents will receive their COVID-19 boosters and 2021 flu vaccines.

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