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COVID-19 Outbreaks Declared at a Long-Term Care Home and Retirement Home

Point Edward, ON - Lambton Public Health (LPH) is investigating an outbreak at North Lambton Lodge and Village on the St. Clair, both declared on Thursday December 31. LPH received the laboratory-confirmed positive COVID-19 test results for one resident at North Lambton Lodge Long Term Care facility and two staff at Village on the St. Clair Retirement Home.

A long-term care or other communal living setting outbreak is declared facility wide when there is one or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 case in...

Resident Tests Positive for COVID-19 Virus at North Lambton Lodge

Forest, ON - The administration team of North Lambton Lodge has learned that a resident has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

People living in the long-term care home and their families were notified of the positive case today, and informed that as a result, Lambton Public Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the Home, in the Pine Lane area only.

The resident has been out of the home for several days in hospital where they tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. No other residents are...

COVID-19 Outbreak Declared at a Workplace

Point Edward, ON - Lambton Public Health (LPH) is investigating an outbreak at a workplace, declared on Wednesday December 30. LPH has received two laboratory-confirmed positive test results for COVID-19 linked to the workplace.

A workplace outbreak is declared when there are two or more lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases in staff (employees, contractors, volunteers) students or other visitors in a workplace with an epidemiological link, within a 14-day period, where at least one case could have reasonably...

Local Adult Recreational Hockey Participants Advised to Monitor for Symptoms

Point Edward, ON – Lambton Public Health (LPH) is advising all adults that have participated in local adult recreational hockey in Lambton County over the past 2-3 weeks to monitor for COVID-19 or any cold-like symptoms and to get tested if symptoms are present.

COVID-19 contact tracing by LPH has identified several confirmed positive COVID-19 cases and close contact exposures that have resulted in more confirmed cases connected to adult recreational hockey in multiple locations across the county....