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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 would save lives, and speeding up the rollout would be even more effective. It concluded the Januar...

  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 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, compared with the government's current plan to vaccinate all long-term care residents by Feb. 15. The O...