Photo / Dean PurcellThe first round of Covid tests for St Margaret's Hospital and Home has come back negative, says chief executive Carriann Hall. She said all 19 residents at the home's dementia unit have tested negative so far, "a very reassuring result for those residents and their families". This comes after a staff member at the West Auckland rest home's dementia unit tested positive on Wednesday. Voluntary tests by other hospital residents on Thursday also came back negative. Hall says all staff are wearing appropriate PPE and dementia unit staff are in full PPE which includes N95 mask, gown and gloves.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 03, 2021 05:03 UTC