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COVID-19 outbreak at Keremeos care home declared over

COVID-19 outbreak at Keremeos care home declared over | iNFOnews.ca
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A COVID-19 outbreak at Keremeos’s Orchard Haven long-term care facility has been declared over.

Interior Health made the announcement this morning, May 20, after two COVID-19 cases were discovered at the care home.

One resident and one staff member were infected.

"Even a small outbreak creates challenges for the staff and they have done a fantastic job at Orchard Haven,” Interior Health president and CEO Susan Brown said in a press release.

An outbreak is declared over when two incubation periods or 28 days have passed from the last onset of symptoms in a resident.

“The staff at Orchard Haven did an excellent job of containing this outbreak,” Interior Health chief medical officer Dr. Albert de Villiers said in the release.

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Steve Arstad

I have been looking for news in the South Okanagan - SImilkameen for 20 years, having turned a part time lifelong interest into a full time profession. After five years publishing a local newsletter, several years working as a correspondent / stringer for several local newspapers and seven years as editor of a Similkameen weekly newspaper, I joined iNFOnews.ca in 2014. My goal in the news industry has always been to deliver accurate and interesting articles about local people and places. My interest in the profession is life long - from my earliest memories of grade school, I have enjoyed writing.
As an airborne geophysical surveyor I travelled extensively around the globe, conducting helicopter borne mineral surveys.
I also spent several years at an Okanagan Falls based lumber mill, producing glued-wood laminated products.
As a member of the Kaleden community, I have been involved in the Kaleden Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years, and also serve as a trustee on the Kaleden Irrigation District board.
I am currently married to my wife Judy, of 26 years. We are empty-nesters who enjoy living in Kaleden with our Welsh Terrier, Angus, and cat, Tibbs.
Our two daughters, Meagan and Hayley, reside in Richmond and Victoria, respectively.

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