An outbreak has been declared in a neighbourhood at Wellington Terrace long term care home.

On Wednesday night, the home was informed by Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health that an essential caregiver for a resident in the Maple Ridge neighbourhood tested positive for COVID-19.

The individual was last in the building last Sunday, is asymptomatic and in isolation at home. The resident visited by the infected individual is in isolation.

Due to the COVID-19 variant circulating in our community, public health is treating all potential exposures as high risk and has put the Maple Ridge neighbourhood in outbreak status for two weeks.

Families of Wellington Terrace residents have been notified of the situation.