The Larga Baffin patient boarding home serves Nunavut Inuit from the Baffin region who are receiving health care in Ottawa. Larga Baffin says that Ottawa Public Health has concluded that staff and clients faced a “minimal” risk of exposure to COVID-19 during a recent case involving a kitchen worker. (Photo courtesy of Larga Baffin)
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The president of Larga Baffin says that Ottawa Public Health has concluded that a recent case of COVID-19 at the patient boarding home posed a “minimal” risk of exposure to clients and staff.
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