COVID-19 community outbreak in Canada.The Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver was home to the first of the 8,796 Canadians who have, to date, lost their lives to the novel coronavirus.In those early days, when staff were still learning about the virus and scrambling to change their way of working, they received a phone call.In a release, staff say the call “appeared to originate from health authorities” but do not provide any more details about what the person said.
However, the call “deeply alarmed” the staff and the facility say it took “immediate action” out of concern for the safety of the residents.
B.C. seniors’ home hardest hit by COVID-19 starts post-pandemic recovery plan They learned the next day the call was a hoax but.