By Dylana Kneeshaw

COVID-19 OUTBREAK

COVID-19 outbreak declared at Williams Lake Seniors Village

Dec 31, 2020 | 1:21 PM

WILLIAMS LAKE — A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Williams Lake Seniors Village after one resident tested positive.

Interior Health issued an outbreak notice today (Dec. 31) and says all individuals in close contact with the resident are in self-isolation and monitoring for symptoms. The family members of the affected residents have also been contacted.

As a result, Williams Lake Seniors Village (WLSV) has temporarily stopped visits to the facility.

Interior Health says it is continuing to take precautionary steps to protect the health of all staff, individuals in care, and families at long-term care homes.

These include:

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• Ensuring long-term care staff members are only working at one care home (as per the provincial single site order).
• Monitoring of all residents for respiratory symptoms and doing COVID-19 testing on anyone with COVID-19 symptoms.
• Enhanced cleaning protocols and COVID-19 visitor policies.

WLSV is privately owned and operated by Retirement Concepts, with 113 publicly-funded long-term care beds. The assisted and independent living residences at WLSV are not impacted by the outbreak.