UPDATE: The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit has clarified a point in their press release.
The migrant farm worker they were referring to in their release who tested positive for COVID-19 while in self-isolation is at a seperate farm than Scotlynn.
They are still working on identifying the cause of COVID-19 at Scotlynn.
They have apologized for any confusion on the matter.
The article has been changed to reflect this clarification.
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A big update about Scotlynn Group from the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit.
The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit says 4 people out in the community who came in contact with migrant workers at Scotlynn Group have tested positive for COVID-19.
Health Unit staff have been in communication with individuals residing in the community who may have had close interactions with employees at the farm with over 100 people tested.
At this time, 4 have tested positive and 5 have tested negative.
Additionally, the staff at Mike’s No Frills in Port Dover – which opens an hour early for migrant workers to shop – have been tested for COVID-19 out of an abundance of caution.
All of these tests have come back negative.
Originally, the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit had informed myFM that the store that was being tested was in Vittoria and it remains unclear if No Frills is an additional store the workers went to or if the initial information was incorrect.
The Health Unit has also determined that a migrant worker has tested positive for COVID-19 at a seperate farm in our region.
They tested positive during their 14-day self-isolation and are now seperated from the other migrant worker they were housed with during their initial stay.
It’s unclear whether this worker brought the virus from his home country or picked it up along his travels to Canada then to Norfolk.
Four workers remain in hospital, two of whom are in intensive care.
A number of migrant workers have been relocated to hotels to complete self-isolation with all other remaining on the farm to self-isolate.
