Two Winnipeg nursing homes are reporting cases of COVID-19. In a statement posted online Friday afternoon, Poseidon Care Centre, a long-term care home in River Heights, said it has implemented “full outbreak protocols” after one of its residents tested positive for the virus The statement says the resident is now in hospital.
Poseidon says any other resident who may have come in contact with the patient is now in isolation and staff and all residents are being closely monitored for symptoms.
Any residents showing symptoms will be isolated immediately and tested, the statement says. The statement says all recreational activities have been cancelled and the home is being disinfected and deep-cleaned.