Eastern Health advises the public that the visitor restrictions recently implemented at the following facilities because of an increase in influenza and influenza-like illness have now been lifted:
• Harbour Lodge Nursing Home, Carbonear
• Lions Manor Nursing Home/Placentia Health Centre, Placentia
• Pentecostal Senior Citizen's Home, Clarke’s Beach
• Dr. Albert O'Mahony Memorial Manor, Clarenville
• U.S. Memorial Health Centre, St. Lawrence
• Health Sciences Centre, St. John’s
• Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation Centre, St. John’s
• St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital, St. John’s
• Burin Peninsula Health Care Centre, Burin
• Dr. G. B. Cross Memorial Hospital, Clarenville
The public is asked not to visit any health-care facility if they feel ill or are experiencing flu-like or gastrointestinal symptoms. For infection prevention, the public is advised to wash their hands frequently, cover their coughs or sneezes with a tissue or the crook of their arms and refrain from touching their faces. Finally, those still seeking the flu shot should contact their physician or community health office.
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