Published Friday, April 30, 2021 5:16AM EDT TORONTO Ontario s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission is to submit its final report to the provincial government today. The commission has examined what went wrong in the province s response to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Thursday, 3,768 long-term care residents have died of COVID-19 in Ontario. The commission interviewed a range of people and groups, from Long-Term Care Minister Merrilee Fullerton to doctors and personal support workers to family members of residents who were ill. The report is to include recommendations on how the province can protect long-term care homes from any future pandemics.
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British Columbia s solicitor general is expected to announce more details today about enforcement of a travel ban aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19,
Mike Farnworth, who is also the public safety minister, announced orders a week ago to limit non-essential travel between three regional zones until May 25.
He has said police will conduct periodic road checks at key travel points and violators could be issued $575 fines.
In Ontario today, the Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission is to submit its final report to the provincial government.
The commission has examined what went wrong in the province s response to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Shawn Jeffords
TORONTO Ontario is asking the federal government to impose mandatory three-day quarantines in hotels for travellers entering Canada at land crossings.
Health Minister Christine Elliott and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones say they’re making the request in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the province.
Travellers arriving at Canada’s international airports currently have to stay in a specially designated hotel for three days before completing a 14-day quarantine at home.
The province says there are reports of international travellers booking return flights into nearby American airports, taking a taxi to a United States-Canada land crossing, and walking or driving across the border.