A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health.
It was notified on Saturday that patient on its Awenda Program tested positive for the virus.
Waypoint says the patient is not a recent admission and is isolating.
It says no other patients are showing symptoms and all Awenda patients and staff are being tested.
The outbreak is on the Awenda Program only and the program is closed to all transfers unless for emergency medical reasons until the outbreak is over. The hospital remains open for admissions to our Swing Unit and all other clinical programs are continuing activities. Our multiple safety precautions include keeping patient programs separated for activities.
This is the first patient case at Waypoint since the pandemic started, but there have been eight staff cases to date.
As of January 10, 2021, about half of its staff will have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
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