N.B. COVID-19 roundup: cases rise at Sackville nursing home
CBC
The number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise at the Drew Nursing Home in Sackville, after a staff member contracted the virus last week.
The province's rapid outbreak management team, also known as PROMT, was dispatched to the home last Tuesday. It has been closed to visitors since then.
Seven residents and three employees are among the 10 who have tested positive for the virus, the home said in an alert issued to families on Saturday.
All the residents who have tested positive are concentrated in the Chignecto unit of the home.
Testing is happening over the weekend and the home said it will provide another update on case numbers soon.
Residents and staff will continue to be tested on a regular basis until the outbreak has ended.
"Public Health is recommending that any families who visited the home between September 4th and September 14th call 811 for advice on testing. Please monitor for symptoms until September 29th," the home added.