November 15, 2021 – PAVILION (IL) COVID EXPOSURE – No new COVID positives
COVID UPDATE – November 15, 2021 – Pavilion COVID exposure
NEW COVID POSITIVE CASES = 0
TOTAL COVID POSITIVE CASES = 2 (2 residents PAVILION | 0 staff)
MOST RECENT COVID CASE = November 4, 2021
Public Health had a meeting with the Medical Health Officer today to let us know that:
- Pavilion will continue on Enhanced Monitoring until Nov. 19th at midnight – this date will change if there are any new symptomatic or positive residents
- We will continue with enhanced cleaning, PPE audits, cohorting our staff to only Pavilion, 2x daily wellness checks and screening incoming visitors
- The dining room will be opened on a new schedule AFTER November 19th – details to be announced
- All residents in suites 201-214 are off droplet precautions! Isolation carts will be removed
- Social visits are allowed again for fully vaccinated visitors
- We do not need to do another point prevalence testing (PPT) for all residents and staff (YAY!)
- Our team will continue daily calls with Public Health to report the monitoring that we are doing for symptoms and the results of our audits
As we move forward through the winter season, we now have a much clearer picture of how a COVID outbreak or COVID Enhanced Cleaning impacts the lives of residents in the apartments. In this case, the first COVID positive in Pavilion was reported on October 22, 2021. This is a full month ago. Every life of every resident was impacted and all of the staff were pulled together to provide the required support. As you connect with your loved one, please emphasize the vigilance that is needed to protect their lives and the lives of everyone who shares their apartment building home. This includes mask wearing when they are with anyone who is not a VERY close and trusted person in their life; using hand sanitizer at every touch point like doors, elevator buttons and railings; avoiding situations where others are not practicing all the layers of protection (a church environment where people are unmasked); and practicing social distancing of 6 feet from others.
We are grateful that there has been no loss of life in this Pavilion COVID Exposure. We are grateful that COVID didn’t spread widely through the apartment building as it has in other settings. We are grateful for the dedicated staff who work tirelessly in a COVID exposure environment to protect those who live in the apartment building.
We thank you all for your support and cooperation. A month is a very long time to live with restrictions. We are grateful that we didn’t have greater transmission which would have escalated this exposure to an outbreak. An outbreak requires most, if not all, of the residents to be isolated for a minimum of 2 weeks. Some of the residents in Pavilion and Terrace West experienced this extended isolation and it is extremely difficult.
Thank you for all you are doing to help your loved one stay safe – and to the residents for the efforts they are making to avoid situations that could expose them to COVID.
Contact Dan Janzen at 604-851-1350 with any questions.
