MEDIA RELEASE COUNTY OF WELLINGTON
ABOYNE, ON – During weekly surveillance testing for COVID-19 at Wellington Terrace Long Term Care Home, an employee tested positive. The employee is asymptomatic and is in isolation at home.
Wellington Terrace staff immediately responded to the situation with direction from Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health to limit further transmission of the virus. The employee was last in the building on December 23. Families of Wellington Terrace residents are in the process of being notified of the situation.
Upon receiving the test result, Wellington Terrace worked closely with Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health to begin contact tracing those that may have come in contact with the infected employee. Three new residents are considered a close contact and are in isolation. Prior to this positive test result, Wellington Terrace was placed in facility-wide outbreak status. This status will now be extended until January 6.
The health and safety of the residents and employees at Wellington Terrace remains the County’s top priority. Wellington Terrace will continue to follow extensive infection control processes that follow Ministry of Health directives and are guided by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health.
Wellington Terrace employees are tested every 7 days as per Ministry of Health directives. Any resident or employee that shows even the slightest evidence of a health change is immediately tested for COVID-19.
A facility-wide outbreak prohibits any new resident admissions to Wellington Terrace. To date, there has not been any COVID-19 positive cases in the resident population.
For additional information on COVID-19, please visit www.wdgpublichealth.ca.
