The incident was reported at the Peterborough student residence

Last week’s rally led to the COVID-19 revolution at a local student residence and the closure of the building to visitors.

Severn Court, at 555 Wilfred Drive, has six confirmed cases, health officials confirmed Saturday. A Section 22 order was issued Saturday by Dr. Rosana Salvaterra, closing the building to visitors and urging residents to separate themselves. Anyone who visited the premises between February 20 and 27 is asked to self-separate and test for signs of symptoms.

“Based on initial investigations, several of the disclosures occurred at a private gathering on February 20,” Peterborough reports on Public Health in a press release.

“This revolution is very worrying not only because it involves a variety of concerns and could lead to many more high-risk cases and contacts, but because it was also able to prevent it, “Salvaterra said.

The specific nature of variability is not yet known.

In the private student residence, which is close to Fleming College, there are about 200 post-secondary students as tenants. Salvaterra said representatives from the Severn Court Management Company have been working with health officials to keep the spread out, as have Trent University and Fleming College.

The news comes as Peterborough Public Health reports eight new cases of COVID-19 in the area on Saturday.

The health unit, which monitors confirmed cases in the city and county, Curve Lake First Nation and Hiawatha First Nation, reports that there are now 635 cases of COVID-19 since March. last year. Of those, 582 were released.

One of these issues has been the involvement of the COVID-19 version.

There are currently 41 active cases. Nine have died.

Behavior at Empress Gardens was also reported.

Vaccinations at Curve Lake are scheduled over two days next week, Wednesday and March 6. Approximately 1,000 residents who signed up to receive the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine over the two days.

Getting tested

More than 43,400 residents, or 29.3 percent, have been diagnosed at least once for the virus, the health unit reports.

COVID-19 testing continues at Peterborough Regional Health Center and at Northcrest Arena, both by prescription only. To book a place, visit prhc.on.ca and peterboroughpublichealth.ca.

Trials by Peterborough Public Health staff can also be arranged at home by calling 705-743-1000.

Some people can try it at the Consumer Drug Market on High and Lansdowne streets, by order. Please call 705-748-6141 or email [email protected] to place an order.

This is especially for people who meet certain criteria: Asymptomatic students, teachers and staff in schools and childcare settings; Residents or staff of long-term care homes; Visitors to a long-term care home; Residents or workers in homeless shelters; International students who have passed the 14-day quarantine period; Farm workers; Self-identified indigenous peoples.

Neighborhood areas

Three new cases were reported Saturday across the area covered by the Haliburton District Health Unit Kawartha Pine Ridge on Saturday, all three in Northumberland County.

No new cases were reported in Haliburton or Kawartha City.

There have been 1,029 confirmed cases in the area since March last year, with 53 confirmed deaths and 13 possible COVID-19 deaths.

Twelve people tested positive for N501Y mutation of the coronavirus – two in Kawartha City and 10 in Northumberland County.

In Durham County, 34 new cases were confirmed on Saturday, with 260 active cases and 23 people hospitalized.

Two COVID-19 deaths have been killed in Durham over the past week, for a total of 295 since the outbreak began.