Five residents of the CHSLD de Lambton, in Estrie, contracted the coronavirus disease.
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The Integrated University Health and Social Services Center (CIUSSS) of Estrie-CHUS said on Saturday that these five cases are in addition to the two contaminations declared among staff members. These two employees had been placed in segregation after obtaining their diagnosis.
The five residents must be transferred to the hot zone of the Sherbrooke containment center, the authorities said, speaking of an “optimal choice” both for those concerned, but also for the population of the Granite region, where the Municipality of Lambton is located. The CIUSSS said in a press release that it did not want to “further weaken the already precarious situation with regard to the resources available in this sector”.
“We understand that this transfer is difficult to accept and creates anxiety among the families of these five residents, but we assure them that it is the safest decision for their loved ones,” said Sylvie Quenneville, deputy director of the Direction of the program to support the autonomy of the elderly.
It should be noted that the authorities were busy on Saturday finding the people who have been in contact with the five residents infected with COVID-19 at the CHSLD de Lambton.
“Public Health investigations are underway to trace the chain of close contacts for each of the five new positive cases in order to isolate those at moderate or high risk. Contacts who are not considered to be at moderate or high risk are nevertheless invited to monitor their state of health and to go for screening, ”indicated the CIUSSS de l’Estrie-CHUS.
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