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BREAKING NEWS: Outbreak of COVID-19 at Timmins long-term care home *UPDATE*

*UPDATED 4:45pm FRIDAY, MAY 8**
Second and third tests come back negative.  Resident remains in isolation, Golden Manor awaiting direction from PHU on whether it can lift outbreak designation.

A fourth home for senior citizens in Timmins has been declared the site of a COVID-19 outbreak.

The city-owned Golden Manor has registered one positive test in a resident.

The Porcupine Health Unit says that person hasn’t shown any symptoms.  The virus was detected during testing of all residents and staff, as dictated by Premier Doug Ford.

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Local medical officer Dr. Lianne Catton says the risk of further spread is low.

Golden Manor is a 177-bed long term care facility.

Earlier, outbreaks were declared at Extendicare Timmins, St. Mary’s Manor and Spruce Hill Lodge.

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