Major COVID outbreak at Atikokan hospital

ATIKOKAN – Visiting at the Atikokan hospital’s long-term care wing is restricted and all visitors must mask up while the facility deals with a major outbreak of COVID-19. Fifteen of the 25 patients in long-term care have tested positive for the respiratory virus while seven more are in isolation because of respiratory symptoms, Atikokan General Hospital chief executive officer Jennifer Learning said Wednesday. Each long-term care patient at the hospital is allowed one caregiver in at a time, and caregivers must wear masks, she said. “We were allowing two, but because (COVID) is spreading so much we’ve reduced it down to one,” she explained. “So they’re allowed one caregiver in who wears a mask.” Staff are required to wear N95…