
Reflecting on the Beauval General Store COVID-19 experience
It has been over a week since the COVID-19 outbreak in a northern Saskatchewan community was officially ended.
Now, a staff member at the Beauval General Store is reflecting on overcoming the disease and the closure of his business.
Don Tegenkamp, general manager of vital retail outlet in Beauval told meadowlakeNOW he likely contracted the virus by coming into contact with a contaminated surface. He is now in good health and said his experience was one to remember.
“Before I tested positive, I had a leg injury and started feeling really tough,” he said. “I went to the clinic and nurses checked my temperature and chest then directed me to call 811,” he said. “I went back to the clinic again and they tested me right there on a Sunday, and by Monday morning the results were in that I had tested positive [for COVID-19].”