YELLOWKNIFE, September 30, 2021 – The Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) is declaring a COVID-19 outbreak in the Aven Manor long-term care facility in Yellowknife.
The CPHO declares an outbreak in a long-term care facility when one person who lives or works in the facility develops COVID-19. As of Sept. 30, 2021 there is one confirmed case of COVID-19 linked to the long-term care facility.
Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority (NTHSSA) has implemented protective measures in long-term care facilities for the duration of COVID-19 pandemic, including continuous masking of all staff and visitors, vaccination, staff and visitor screening questionnaires, and limitations to numbers of visitors.
The facility is now closed to visitors. Today further outbreak response measures, including site wide testing for staff and residents, and enhanced environmental cleaning, were implemented.
Relevant Links
NWT COVID-19 Dashboard(link is external)
Care in the home for people with COVID-19
Attribution
All commentary is attributable to Dr. Kami Kandola, Chief Public Health Officer for the Northwest Territories.
Media Contact
Dawn Ostrem
Manager, COVID Communications
COVID-19 Coordinating Secretariat
Department of Health and Social Services
Government of the Northwest Territories
Dawn_ostrem@gov.nt.ca