Two Ajax residents confirmed with Covid-19

Lakeridge Health yesterday said it received confirmation that two individuals who presented at Ajax Pickering Hospital’s emergency department (ED) on Friday, February 28, have tested positive for Covid-19.

They are both residents of Ajax, according to Mayor Shaun Collier.

“We have just learned that two Ajax residents have tested positive for Covid-19. They both have been discharged from Lakeridge Health Ajax Pickering and remain in self isolation. The province confirms that risks to Ontarians remain low,” he said in a statement.

A 51-year-old woman returned to Toronto from Iran on February 22. On February 28, she went to an Ajax clinic with symptoms of a cough, body aches and chills. The patient was masked and isolated, said a statement from Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health.

Durham Region Health Department contacted Lakeridge Health Ajax Pickering and coordinated an arrival time for the patient. The patient arrived at the hospital wearing a mask where she was tested for Covid-19. She was discharged home and put in self-isolation, per protocols, where she remains, said the statement.

The husband of the woman who also returned from Iran on February 22, also tested positive for Covid-19 on February 28. The 69-year-old man experienced a cough but does not have a recent travel history to Iran. He accompanied his wife to the Ajax Clinic and Lakeridge Health Ajax Pickering, where he was masked and isolated. He was tested for Covid-19 and discharged home. He has also been put in self-isolation, where he remains, the statement added.

They are currently at home in self-isolation and actively being monitored by the Durham Region Health Department (DRHD), said a Lakeridge Health statement.

Protocols and precautions were skillfully implemented by the team and there is no risk to anyone in the ED or at the hospital. “All of our hospitals remain safe and all programs and clinics are operating normally,” said the statement.

It said the team across Lakeridge Health has “diligently been preparing for cases of Covid-19 and is fully equipped and prepared to continue to provide excellent care should more cases of this new virus be identified within the community we serve”.

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