{"id":16280,"date":"2021-02-18T08:27:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T13:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=16280"},"modified":"2021-03-01T08:33:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T13:33:46","slug":"covid-outbreak-at-north-bay-apartment-building-has-turned-deadly-involves-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/covid-outbreak-at-north-bay-apartment-building-has-turned-deadly-involves-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID outbreak at North Bay apartment building has turned deadly, involves variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"display: block; height: 315px; width: 560px; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/webapps.9c9media.com\/vidi-player\/1.9.18\/share\/iframe.html?currentId=2141692&amp;config=ctvnews\/share.json&amp;kruxId=&amp;rsid=bellmedianewsprod,bellmediaglobalprod&amp;siteName=CTVNews&amp;cid=%5B%7B%22contentId%22%3A2141692%2C%22ad%22%3A%7B%22adsite%22%3A%22ctv.ctvnews%22%2C%22adzone%22%3A%22embed%22%7D%7D%5D\" width=\"100%\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span><strong><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>Analysis<\/strong><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(February 17, 2021)<\/p>\n<p>By: Chelsea Papineau, CTV News<\/p>\n<p>SUDBURY &#8212; The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit has confirmed its area&#8217;s second COVID-related death, nine months after the first.<\/p>\n<p>Health officials made the announcement Wednesday morning and say it is linked to the COVID-19 outbreak at North Bay&#8217;s Skyline-Lancelot Apartments that has infected 31 people to date.<\/p>\n<p>The identity of the person is unknown, but the health unit said they had tested positive for a COVID-19 variant of concern (VOC).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I offer my sincere condolences to the individual\u2019s family and friends and my thoughts are with them during this difficult time,&#8221; said Dr. Jim Chirico, the medical officer of health for the Nipissing and Parry Sound Districts. &#8220;This is the second death within our Health Unit district associated with COVID-19. This is someone\u2019s family member and friend. It is critical we continue to work together to help stop the spread of VOCs and COVID-19 in our region, possibly preventing future deaths.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit remains under stay-at-home orders until at least Feb. 22 while most of the province has been allowed to reopen.<\/p>\n<p>Chirico asked the province to stay under lockdown after officials confirmed the outbreak at the apartment complex involved the B.1351 variant that originated in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The health unit tested many building residents on-site and of the 31 cases identified, 25 involved people who live there full-time while six are part-time residents or visitors. A VOC has been detected in 20 positive COVID-19 cases connected to the apartment complex, but only one strain has been identified so far.<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday, 17 active cases due to the outbreak remain, including one person who has had to be hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scientists and medical professionals are concerned that VOCs are more transmissible than the original coronavirus, and research is ongoing to determine the effectiveness of currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines against them,&#8221; the health unit said. &#8220;Therefore, individuals within the district are asked to continue taking all COVID-19 precautions seriously and to continue with these measures even once they have received the COVID-19 vaccine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the health unit has 28 active cases total, 21 in Nipissing and seven in Parry Sound. To date, there have been 236 COVID-19 infections and 208 of those have been resolved, including two deaths. The last COVID-related death was on May 15.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/northernontario.ctvnews.ca\/covid-outbreak-at-north-bay-apartment-building-has-turned-deadly-involves-variant-1.5312643\">Click here for original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeffAnalysis (February 17, 2021) By: Chelsea Papineau, CTV News SUDBURY &#8212; The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit has confirmed its area&#8217;s second COVID-related death, nine months after the first. 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