Care home hit with COVID outbreak
(CNS): A number of both staff and residents at Maple House have tested positive for COVID-19 and all those impacted have been moved to an undisclosed location, officials have said. Few details have been revealed about the outbreak, which was revealed as part of the routine lateral flow testing at the residential care facility for adults with special needs and disabilities. But with almost 5% of the population currently positive for the virus and the Omicron variant spreading rapidly, officials said they were working to provide the necessary resources to protect the residents “from this highly contagious disease”.
Officials have not revealed how many members of staff and residents tested positive, whether or not they are suspected of having the Omicron variant or the state of health of those infected.
The facility is run by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and officials said in a release about the outbreak that strict COVID protocols have been in place since October. Visits to the facility have also been controlled.
“Working collaboratively with Public Health and the Ministry, DCFS has enacted its contingency plans for all individuals testing positive to reside separately in isolation at another location, thereby enabling staff to continue to care for residents during their quarantine period,” officials stated.
“In line with scientific and medical understanding of Covid-19 and its variants, the Ministry will continue to provide all resources to DCFS to support its staff and the residents of Government’s care homes, in aiding to prevent mortality and reduce morbidity from this highly contagious disease,” they added.
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CIG withholding information, up to no good.
So to be clear, the only sign that staff and residents were infected was when they were tested by LFT.
That would infer that none were demonstrating signs of illness at the time.
With the UK now declaring that the death rate from Omicron and any other variants still active, is half that of a normal flu year.
In that case why are we still playing this stupid game.
Just get vaccinated and get on with living.
Just get on with living. Vaccination is optional.
Please yourself, vaccination is optional. But dying because you exercised a flawed option is just plain stupid.
But you carry on, after all, it’s about choice.
Live or maybe die, simple.
In today’s Daily Mail article “DAN WOOTTON: Djokovic is the whipping boy for angry Australians …” the Cayman islands is mentioned in comments, how Skylar Mack was the whipping girl of the angry Caymanians
He’s unvaccinated and he lied about testing negative. Then, was allegedly covid positive and signed autographs and held a press event. What exactly did he think was gonna happen?
One of the fittest humans who’s ever lived doesn’t want to take an experimental drug in its trial phase while his colleagues are dropping dead with heart attacks, I can hardly blame him. Which vaccines did you take which prevents covid?
@9:54 Assumption, assumptions, assumptions…..
Hmmm, so are we assuming other sportsmen and women who are dropping like flies is all business as usual. No, nothing to see here as usual. Keep burying your head in that sand.
Novax is a moron, end of story.
Novax is a legend, end of story.
Yeah we really showed Skylar didn’t we?
The law is that one should quarantine for 10 days. However, the rules, NOT laws, is that if one may have Omicron, the mildest, of covid, the entire household must quarantine for 14 days. It would be wonderful if those in power followed the laws.
I agree, but since when has the CIG (any recent party) followed laws. It simply doesn’t happen here. Complete clown show. Elect fools, expect foolish results. Our own da,n fault.
Expected, when CIG does not require vaccinations for its employees – including medical staff and caregivers!
Callous and disrespectful to those who are under care! Quite partial and stupid also!
World Class Mr. Manderson!!
You do know that you can be vaccinated and still spread the virus, and the booster is not 100%.
“5% of the population currently positive”. This is just those with confirmed tests. The “currently infected” would of course be much higher due as not everyone infected.
Currently actually ill would be far lower, less than 0.1%
if positive or have symptoms, stay home and wait till your are asymptomatic.
then return to work and wear masks…etc.
this should be the only advice given.
AGREED!
Because masks works. 😂
Were the staff vaccinated. All of them?
9.56am We will never know, as usual when Govt employees are involved everything is swept under the carpet, except they can’t do that with Omicron
If they are not, and serious repercussions follow (including the death of a resident in care) the levels of negligence will quite probably be criminal. Good job we do not do accountability.
Why does that matter? I guess you are still operating on Alpha misinfo.
They say they are following the science and doing all they can to keep their community safe. Are they?
Sudden Adult Death Syndrome seem to be skyrocketing in the US and in other countries. Is Anybody counting sudden deaths in Cayman?
Nope. Unless of course, they had covid.
“There was no foul play, nothing odd at all. He died in his sleep’: Mystery as Full House legend Bob Saget, 65, with NO apparent underlying health conditions, passes away in Orlando hotel room “
Notice all the “sudden” deaths and people dying “peacefully in their sleep”? How about the 180 athletes worldwide that have collapsed on field during live broadcast? Wakey wakey
Look how we have to beat around the bushes to talk about something of grave concern. This is nuts.
Bad steroids.
Yes, some of your crazy friends on Facebooks are inventing data as you typed.
All part of the gun culture