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Family members of Calgarians with dementia say they feel helpless amid a COVID-19 outbreak that has infected more than 200 residents and staff members at a northeast supportive-living facility.
According to an update from AgeCare Skypointe sent to family members Saturday, 124 residents of the facility have now tested positive for the novel coronavirus, with 40 considered past their infectious period having tested positive more than two weeks ago. Sixteen of those residents have died from the virus.
As well, 89 staff members at the site have tested positive for COVID-19, with 48 considered to have recovered.
“My concern now is my father has this, and he does wander because he has Alzheimer’s, and he’s going to pass this on to someone else’s loved one,” said Joy Bowen-Eyre.
say they feel helpless amid a COVID-19 outbreak
Frustration mounts over pace of Alberta COVID-19 vaccinations
Alarm and frustration is building over what some say is the slow pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in Alberta.
Two weeks ago, Health Minister Tyler Shandro said 29,000 doses of vaccine would be administered to front-line health care workers and long term care residents by the end of the year.
But on Monday, only 6,016 Albertans had received the vaccine, said Alberta chief medical health officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw, who noted the shots weren’t provided Christmas Day and won’t be on New Year’s Day.
A week ago, Shandro said the province had received more than 29,000 Pfizer-BioNTech doses since Dec. 14 and described their roll-out as “off to a strong start.”
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