Haliburton Highland Health Services [HHHS] received notification today that the Highland Wood COVID-
19 Outbreak was declared over by the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit [HKPRDHU].
The Outbreak status was declared March 16, 2021 when two staff members received positive results from surveillance testing. The staff members who received positive test results were reswabbed as per protocol and both received negative results today.
HKPRDHU opted to take a conservative approach with the positive results yesterday given the increase in positive cases currently in our community. “We appreciate this cautious approach to ensure the safety of our residents,” says Carolyn Plummer President and CEO of HHHS. Highland Wood residents were all swabbed yesterday as directed by HKPRDHU and these results have all been reported as negative as well. With these negative results, HKPRDHU re-evaluated the status of the outbreak and determined that Highland Wood no longer met the criteria for outbreak.
19 Outbreak was declared over by the Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit [HKPRDHU].
The Outbreak status was declared March 16, 2021 when two staff members received positive results from surveillance testing. The staff members who received positive test results were reswabbed as per protocol and both received negative results today.
HKPRDHU opted to take a conservative approach with the positive results yesterday given the increase in positive cases currently in our community. “We appreciate this cautious approach to ensure the safety of our residents,” says Carolyn Plummer President and CEO of HHHS. Highland Wood residents were all swabbed yesterday as directed by HKPRDHU and these results have all been reported as negative as well. With these negative results, HKPRDHU re-evaluated the status of the outbreak and determined that Highland Wood no longer met the criteria for outbreak.