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COVID-19: SHA long-term care home in North Battleford, Sask. under suspected outbreak

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Saskatchewan Health Authority’s (SHA) long-term care facilities is currently under a suspected outbreak after a resident has tested positive for COVID-19.Families with loved ones in the River Heights Lodge in North Battleford were notified this week and it has brought on some extra safety measures, just as others were loosened at the start of phase one of the province’s reopening plan.Some of those stricter measures include asking residents to stay in their rooms and closing off the dining room.

Visitor restrictions at Saskatchewan long-term care homes to ease on May 30 But one family is confused about why some of the measures are in place, because more than 90 per cent of the residents are fully immunized against COVID-19.Diane Piper.

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