Coquitlam care home worker tests positive for coronavirus
Posted March 20, 2020 12:01 pm.
Last Updated March 20, 2020 12:32 pm.
COQUITLAM (NEWS 1130) — A staff member at the Dufferin Care Centre in Coquitlam has been diagnosed with COVID-19, according to the Fraser Health Authority, making it the third long-term care home in B.C. affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The facility says it is working to identify anyone else who may have been exposed and preventing employees from working at other facilities.
#BREAKING: Dufferin Care Centre in Coquitlam confirms one of its staff has tested positive for COVID-19. The person is in self-isolation at home.
— Lasia Kretzel (@lkretzel1130) March 20, 2020
“During this time, Fraser Health will have a presence on site to take any further actions required and support the facility. This includes dedicated people to address quality, communications on site to answer staff, residents and family questions, active checks of symptoms in staff and residents,” reads a release from Fraser Health.
The staff member is now in isolation at home.
The facility says enhanced control measures have been put in place and working to identify anyone who may have been exposed. It is also making sure staff at the long term care facility will not be working at other facilities. #COVID19 #coronavirus
— Lasia Kretzel (@lkretzel1130) March 20, 2020
In response, the care home is implementing extra protocols. Now only essential visitors will be able to visit residents in the care home. Screenings will also be done twice a day and cleaning measures have been stepped up.
Seven of eight deaths in B.C. from COVID-19 are linked to a care home in North Vancouver.
