No outbreak at Barrie retirement home after resident believed to have tested false positive

There is no COVID-19 outbreak at the Allandale Station Retirement Residence in Barrie, Ont., after it was determined that a resident likely tested false positive for the novel coronavirus nearly two weeks ago.

On Saturday, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit informed the Barrie retirement home that there’s no COVID-19 outbreak at the facility since the resident who initially tested positive was monitored and retested negative for the virus.

“We had one resident there who had tested positive,” Dr. Charles Gardner, the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit’s medical officer of health, told reporters Tuesday.

At this time, it’s unclear how the false positive coronavirus test result could have occurred.

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