GERADTON—The Thunder Bay District Health Unit along with Geraldton District Hospital confirm that the outbreak declared at GDH acute care unit, has been extended to include the LTC unit. (John Owens Evans Residents), on July 29, 2022.
GDH is working with collaboration with TBDHU, and announce that patients, family, caregivers and team members affected by this outbreak are being notified.
In addition, their announcement indicated that the necessary contact tracing and testing for individuals on the unit is taking place.
Their announcement explained that outbreaks can be declared over after ten days with no new cases.
Both GDH and TBDHU indicated that further updates will be provided as they become available.