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Nearly 70 per cent of residents infected with coronavirus at Vaudreuil long-term care facility

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The situation is dire at the CHSLD Manoir Harwood in Vaudreuil, where 39 of its 58 residents have tested positive for the coronavirus and eight have died.

Around 15 of the facility’s employees have also contracted the virus, including its owner, Jean-Francois Blanchard. Blanchard told Global News the private centre saw its first few cases on April 5 and quickly alerted the local public health authorities.

As of Tuesday, there were 12 cases. “Even if you have the best practices in place, the best people working for you – people were working so, so hard, the families’ collaboration was enormous.

But unfortunately, we still got hit,” said Blanchard. The CISSS Montérégie-Ouest said it has been getting the full co-operation of the owner and the

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