New cluster of asymptomatic COVID-19 cases at Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout, Ont. – CBC

Positive COVID-19 test results have come back for six staff members at the Meno Ya Win Health Centre

Jun 23, 2020

Six staff members at the Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout, Ont., have tested positive for COVID-19.  However, officials with the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) were quick to note at a media conference on Monday afternoon that all six people are asymptomatic and there has been no outbreak of illness.

All six individuals are currently in isolation, and officials with the NWHU, as well as Meno Ya Win and the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority  (SLFNHA) are tracing contacts. At the time of the media briefing, 18 people in Sioux Lookout were identified as having come in close contact with the six asymptomatic individuals, and are also now in isolation.

Further screening of staff members and patients at Meno Ya Win is underway.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/covid19-sioux-lookouth-health-centre-cluster-1.5622755