As COVID transmission increases in Manitoba, a number of health facilities in the Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority are experiencing COVID outbreaks.
A screengrab on Sept. 22 of the IERHA’s outbreak webpage shows four facilities experiencing with COVID outbreaks:
The Arborg Personal Care Home COVID outbreak was declared on Sept. 15. The Eriksdale Personal Care Home outbreak was declared on Sept. 19. The Eriksdale E.M. Crowe Hospital outbreak was declared on Sept. 20. And Teulon’s Goodwin Lodge Personal Care Home outbreak was declared on Sept. 27 (this date may be a typo).
The IERHA’s outbreak webpage, viewed Sept. 22, shows COVID outbreaks hitting four facilities in the health region. The health authority said it will no longer be implementing COVID protocols and sharing details of outbreaks. It will also be ceasing public reporting
The Express reached out to the IERHA for information on the numbers of patients and staff infected, whether there have been any deaths associated with the outbreaks and clarification on the date of the outbreak at Goodwin Lodge.
The IERHA is no longer implementing pandemic protocols and sharing details of illnesses in its health facilities. It will also be discontinuing public reporting on its website as the pandemic “has concluded,” said a spokesperson for the health authority.
“The fall respiratory virus season is upon us. Now that the pandemic has concluded, we are no longer implementing pandemic protocols. Unless specified in provincial protocols, we are no longer publicly reporting specific details on illness circulating in facilities as this is not a requirement of current protocols,” said the spokesperson. “As a further reflection of our departure from pandemic protocols, will be moving to discontinue reporting illness in facilities on our website. We will continue to communicate directly with patients, residents and family members regarding circulating illness.”
The Manitoba government’s latest respiratory surveillance report for the period Sept. 10-16 (Week 37) states there were 114 new COVID infections detected that week, and that the number of COVID-associated hospital admissions “have increased compared with the previous week.”
