COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s cardiac renal inpatient unit in Barrie, Ont.According to the Barrie hospital, three patients with a link to the unit have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Some pharmacies in Simcoe Muskoka to offer AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to adults age 55+ All of the unit’s patients have been swab tested for the virus, with all of the results coming back negative.
All staff who recently provided care in the unit are also being tested.RVH says the patients will be tested again later this week and that every patient in the affected unit is on droplet/contact isolation and is being monitored closely.