Two southwest health facilities remain under norovirus outbreak status this afternoon.

     The Western Citizens Home in Leader and Prairie Health Care Centre in Cabri were placed under outbreak status over the weekend, and have been closed to visitors.

     Trent Regier, Director of Population Health for the Cypress Health Region, says they have been closely monitoring the situation through the weekend.  They are not ready at this time to re-open the buildings to the public with seven residents in Leader and five in Cabri still exhibiting symptoms.

     Regier adds, at this time, they anticipate that the two facilities will re-open to visitors by the end of this week.