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New COVID-19 variant significant threat according to updated modelling data by News Staff and The Canadian Press Posted Jan 28, 2021 5:45 am EDT Last Updated Jan 28, 2021 at 5:56 pm EDT Summary Spread of the new COVID-19 variant poses a significant threat to controlling the pandemic Schools could reopen, even with spread of new variant, but infection control will be critical in schools Hospitalizations declining but strain on the ICU capacity continues The spread of the new COVID-19 variant pos...

Premier calls report of doctor working for province, teachers union, concerning by News Staff Last Updated Jan 27, 2021 at 6:54 am EDT Chairs are placed on the desks in a classroom at the closed Schadow-Gymnasium high school in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Schools are due to reopen on Jan. 8 (Christophe Gateau/dpa via AP) The premier is reacting to a Toronto Sun report Tuesday night that says a member of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table has also been paid by a teacher’s...

Toronto confirms 14 cases of UK coronavirus variant 2:15 pm There are 14 cases of the UK coronavirus variant in Toronto, the city’s Medical Officer of Health Eileen de Villa said today. During a press briefing at city hall, de Villa said the emergence of highly transmissible means Toronto is “medically” in an “uncertain phase of the pandemic.” It’s not known how the presence of the variant will play out in Toronto. As such, de Villa said people should act as if the UK variant, which...

Article content Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has sided with a group rallying in support behind a prominent epidemiologist serving on Ontario’s COVID-19 advisory panel, after the premier’s office said his affiliations with a teachers’ union is “deeply concerning.” The latest events between Dr. David Fisman, a University of Toronto professor and epidemiologist, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s office represent yet another rift between the medical community and the government...

It was welcome news to see vaccination efforts against the COVID-19 virus begin in Ontario in December, and that the first recipient was a personal support worker from a long-term care home, Anita Quidangen. However, a successful vaccination campaign will not end the crisis in long-term care. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in catastrophic levels of illness and death: 81 per cent of the total COVID-19 deaths that occurred in Canada during the first wave were in long-term care homes, which i...

Speed up vaccine rollout to LTC homes to prevent deaths, cases: advisory group says by The Canadian Press Last Updated Jan 22, 2021 at 12:31 pm EDT TORONTO — Refocusing Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout on long-term care residents would prevent 115 deaths and hundreds more cases by the end of March, according to modelling done by an expert team advising the government on the pandemic. The brief published Thursday predicted that giving a first dose to all long-term care residents by Jan. 31...

According to the report, had the province provided the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to all Ontario LTC residents by Jan. 21, around 530 deaths would be prevented, with the worst-case scenario at 120 deaths and the best case at 900.  If it provided the first dose to all residents by Jan. 31, around 340 deaths linked to COVID-19 would have been avoidable with the worst case at 100 and the best case at 580. Under the provinces current plan, if it administers the first dose to all residen...

  TORONTO -- Refocusing Ontarios COVID-19 vaccine rollout on long-term care residents would prevent 115 deaths and hundreds more cases by the end of March, according to projections from a team of experts advising the government on the pandemic. The report predicted that giving a first dose to all long-term care residents by Jan. 31 would save lives, and speeding up the rollout would be even more effective. It concluded the January date would prevent 600 people from becoming infected, compa...

Article content Nine area long-term care homes will receive a total of $847,600 in provincial funding to increase efforts to prevent and contain the spread of novel coronavirus. Bay of Quinte MPP Todd Smith announced the funding Friday in a news release. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Ontario funds long-term care homes prevention efforts Back to video “This new investment will further enhance the ability for these homes to protect vulnerable re...

With long-term care COVID-19 cases and deaths accounting for a dramatic proportion of Canada’s pandemic numbers, some are calling for an end to for-profit long-term care, but at least one doctor says the entire system is underfunded.