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Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry responds to questions during a news conference about the provincial response to the coronavirus, in Vancouver, on Friday, March 6, 2020.
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An outbreak has been declared at a long-term care facility in North Vancouver after two residents tested positive for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
The two cases are linked to B.C.’s first confirmed case of community transmission. On Thursday, it was announced that a woman in her 50s with no recent travel history had tested positive for COVID-19.
The woman, who resides in the Fraser Health region, is a health-care worker at the care facility, and the two new cases were discovered as part of an outbreak assessment, Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry said Saturday.
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“This is one of the scenarios that we have been, of course, most concerned about,” Dr. Henry said.
“We know that the risk for elderly people having this disease is very concerning, and that they are more likely to have more severe disease, particularly older people with underlying chronic illnesses.
“We also know that many people who work in care homes work in many other settings as well.”
It is not yet known whether the health-care worker brought the virus into the facility or if they were all exposed to someone else, Dr. Henry said. Outbreak investigators will now look at the timing of symptoms and follow up with other contacts.
The North Shore care facility, which has 139 government subsidized beds and 65 private rooms and suites, is now in outbreak protocol. Residents are monitored daily for respiratory illness, personal protective equipment is used for all interactions and communal gatherings have been halted. Residents are also separated during meal time.
Visitation is also being restricted. Every visitor is screened, must wear a mask and can only visit their family member. They must go directly in and out of the facility and cannot mingle with staff or other residents.
“It’s hard,” Dr. Henry said. “It’s hard on the families, it’s hard on the residents. Often older people may have dementia and other things that make it challenging to be in that situation.”
Vancouver Coastal Health is also on site doing a detailed assessment of staff, residents and family members.
The two care home cases were announced Saturday along with four other new cases. Those include a man in his 50s in the Fraser Health region who had recently travelled to Iran and a household contact of his, also in his 50s.
As well, a man and a woman, both in their 60s, were diagnosed with COVID-19 after a Feb. 11-21 sail on the Grand Princess cruise ship. They are among 127 British Columbians who have since returned home and have been asked to self-isolate.
“A number of them who have respiratory conditions [that] may have nothing to do with COVID-19 are going through that process, and we are working with them right now,” Mr. Dix said.
The Grand Princess is now idling off the coast of California, with 230 Canadians onboard, after 21 people tested positive for the disease.
B.C. has now confirmed a total of 27 COVID-19 cases. The first four have fully recovered, and one is in critical condition but appears to be improving.
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