COVID - 19 Outbreak Declared At Local Daycare

Another COVID - 19 outbreak has been declared by the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) in Moose Jaw and this time it involves a local daycare.

On December 7th the SHA has declared an outbreak at Kathy’s Korner Daycare. It is unknown who has contracted COVID - 19 whether it be staff or children attending the facility.

An outbreak is defined by the SHA when two or more people test positive for COVID‐19 and are all linked to a specific non-household setting or event within a specified time period. If one person contracts COVID - 19 in a non-household setting it is termed a suspected outbreak.

A declaration of an outbreak does not mean any facility was not properly following the Province’s guidelines. At the present time the province has been experiencing record breaking confirmed cases of COVID - 19 in what is described as the second wave of the virus.

It does need to be noted that the SHA has seemingly made exceptions to this definition. When three cases of COVID - 19 were announced on November 22nd in a single form letter provided by the SHA at Peacock Collegiate that no outbreak was declared at that high school.