By Olivia Waldriff
Residents and staff from two long-term care homes are going to be retested after the local health unit was notified that a lab error may have resulted in false positive COVID-19 results for 13 area residents.
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit today was notified by BioTest Laboratories in Ottawa that a technical error has resulted in a decision by the lab to reject all COVID-19 positive test results performed last weekend.
There is a concern that these results may have shown a positive test result, when they were negative.
The positive results received prompted the Health Unit to declare COVID-19 outbreaks in Case Manor in Bobcaygeon and Adelaide Place in Lindsay.
The 13 individuals have been notified of the questionable test results and additional testing is being conducted immediately. The swabs are being sent to a different lab and test results are expected this weekend.
