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The long-running saga over the fate of the only nursing home in Canada exclusively dedicated to serving the Korean community is poised for a happy ending.
A Korean community group has agreed to purchase the Rose of Sharon Korean Long Term Care home in Toronto from a for-profit, chain operator. The agreement, unveiled this week, overrides a decision by the home’s court-appointed receiver to award it to Rykka Care Centres LP, a company with no ties to the Korean community.
The city said 197,155 doses have been administered, and that several clinics are underway today to vaccinate priority hospital and community-based healthcare workers.
The total number of Toronto residents vaccinated against COVID-19 is now 124,868, the city said on Saturday. In a news release, the city said the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Toronto is now 197,155. Because some residents have received two doses of the vaccine, the total number of residents vaccinated is lower than the total number of vaccine doses administered, the city clarified in an email on Saturday. The city said in the release that several clinics are underway on Saturday to vaccinate hospital and community-based healthcare workers who are in Phase 1 priority groups. Clinics are being held at Unity Health Toronto, University Health Network, Michael Garron Hospital, Humber River Hospital, North York General Hospital, Scarborough Health Network and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The city said it expects to vaccinate upwards of 6,700 people across 15 clinics over the weekend. Canada approved the first single shot vaccine, from Johnson & Johnson, o
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