(Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

By Nicole Reis

MEADOW LAKE COVID-19

COVID-19 case reported at Meadow Lake Co-op hardware store

May 3, 2020 | 12:50 PM

In a letter issued to customers on May 2, Meadow Lake Co-op Service Centre hardware store reported one employee had tested positive for COVID-19.

General manager Caralee Strome told meadowlakeNOW she was notified late Saturday evening and issued the statement at approximately 9 p.m.

“We plan to re-open this location on Tuesday after deep cleaning and ensuring that all employees who came into contact with their colleague are self-isolating,” the statement read. Strome later added that the opening date is tentative.

Strome said approximately seven employees work in the hardware section on any given shift, though was not entirely sure.

“We started action immediately,” she said. “We have done [the cleaning] and it is following all guidelines of sanitation. It was a team of our people, some involved from the centre but not the general employees.”

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(Submitted/ Meadow Lake Co-op)

When contacted about potential COVID-19 cases in Meadow Lake on April 27, the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) issued the following statement:

“Saskatchewan Health Authority Public Health staff have begun contact tracing related positive results for COVID-19 in northwest Saskatchewan.

Due to patient privacy concerns, Saskatchewan Health Authority is not able to confirm any specifics around cases.

Contact tracing begins when positive lab results are received. The person who has a positive result is contacted by Public Health, and then a contact list is created based on information provided. Public Health subsequently tracks down and assesses everyone who came into contact with an individual who has tested positive for COVID-19. Public health is working to ensure contact tracing to mitigate further spread of the virus.

As contact tracing investigations are ongoing, the SHA reminds everyone to take extra precautions to reduce the risk of exposure and transmission.

Extra precautions include thorough and frequent hand washing, coughing into your arm, avoid touching your face, monitoring yourself for any symptoms of COVID-19, follow guidelines for social distancing.

During this time, social distancing is extremely important. [The virus is] spreading in the community, so please stay home. Keep your distance from each other.

If you are out in the community to get essential things, practice proper handwashing upon coming back home.

If you have symptoms of COVID-19, please self-isolate immediately and contact your family physician or call HealthLine 811.

For more information on self-isolation, social distancing and other public health measures you can take, got to saskatchewan.ca/COVID19.”

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