{"id":24298,"date":"2021-10-19T23:35:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T02:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=24298"},"modified":"2021-10-19T23:35:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T02:35:15","slug":"nsh-confirms-covid-19-outbreak-at-valley-regional-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=24298","title":{"rendered":"NSH confirms COVID-19 outbreak at Valley Regional hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KENTVILLE:<\/strong> Nova Scotia Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Valley Regional Hospital in Kentville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a release on Oct. 19, NSH said three patients in a non-COVID unit at the Valley Regional Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19. One of those patients has been transferred to intensive care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Affected patients have been isolated as per infection control guidelines and so far more than 50 inpatients, staff, and physicians have been tested. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;31&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;34&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An outbreak management team has been established to support the hospital\u2019s response. Additional measures are underway, including contact tracing and enhanced cleaning practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All other patients, staff, and visitors identified as close contacts will be tested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As it stands, the outbreak at the Valley Regional Hospital is limited, however Nova Scotia Health wanted to share this information to be transparent about this evolving situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nova Scotia Health is committed to keeping the public informed as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;127&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;93&#8243;] KENTVILLE: Nova Scotia Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Valley Regional Hospital in Kentville. In a release on Oct. 19, NSH said three patients in a non-COVID unit at the Valley Regional Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19. One of those patients has been transferred to intensive care. Affected patients [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[2150,2697,1617,2698],"class_list":["post-24298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-covid-19","tag-kentville","tag-n-s-health","tag-valley-regional-hospital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}