Northern Health Medical Health Officers have declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the Meadow House at Peace Villa long-term care facility in Fort St. John, following lab-confirmed cases among residents and staff on the unit. At the time of the outbreak declaration, testing has identified three residents and three staff who have tested positive for COVID-19.
Enhanced outbreak control measures are in effect at Peace Villa.
Northern Health Public Health is closely monitoring for additional cases, and the facility is taking steps to protect the health of staff and those they care for, with enhanced outbreak precautions such as (but not limited to):
- Increased frequency of cleaning and infection control measures
- Enhanced symptom monitoring among all staff and residents
- Reducing movement of staff and residents in the facility
- Temporary suspension of social visits (essential visits are not impacted, and can continue)
Public health officials will be monitoring the situation carefully over coming weeks and will only declare the outbreak over when they are confident that chains of transmission have been stopped.
View more information on public exposures, school exposures, and facility or community outbreaks of COVID-19 within the Northern Health region.