Hello Everyone,
This is just a quick newsletter to share with you that we have had our first positive resident case over the weekend. Unfortunately, this has been traced back to a positive staff member. As a result of 2 individuals connected through contact tracing, Orchard Trail is in COVID Outbreak.
All high risk contacts were swabbed immediately and have all come back negative. On March 1 (Day 5) all high and low risk contacts will be swabbed again. If there continue to be no further positive cases, our outbreak will be over at midnight on March 4.
Out of an abundance of caution, we have put the plexi-glass dividers back up on the dinner tables of Orchard Trail and spread the residents out farther during meal times.
Orchard Trail residents are not permitted to leave the Home area, or go for social / overnight absences.
General Visitors visiting Orchard Trail residents have been cancelled until the outbreak is over.
Essential caregivers can continue to enter as usual, but may not leave the Home area while here.
Programming will continue but be confined to the Home area.
As a reminder, residents who are not fully vaccinated, and identified as a contact must be isolated in their rooms for 10 days. Those resident contacts who are fully vaccinated (at least 3 doses), are isolated for 5 days.
