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  TORONTO -- Public health officials continue to investigate whether a COVID-19 outbreak at a Bradford West Gwillimbury long-term care home is connected to a variant of the virus detected in the United Kingdom. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit confirmed on Sunday that an individual who tested positive for the U.K. variant had close contact with someone connected to the outbreak at Bradford Valley Care Community. According to the health unit, six of 230 residents and three of 260 staff members have tested positive for the virus.  “It is worrisome,” said Sandy Kerr, who’s 84...

Posted: Jan 26, 2021 2:22 PM ET | Last Updated: January 27 Over 215 Ontario doctors and researchers have joined a campaign that's calling on the provincial government to abolish for-profit long-term care facilities. In this photos, crosses representing residents who died of COVID-19 adorn the lawn of Camilla Care Community, in Mississauga, Ont., on Jan. 13, 2021. The facility is among Ontario’s hardest-hit by the pandemic.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)

Last Updated Wednesday, January 27, 2021 5:03AM EST The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit said initial screening results for another 99 people have come back positive for a “variant of concern.” The SMDHU said the 99 were discovered in data from a point of prevalance study conducted by Public Health Ontario, where all positive samples from Jan. 20 are being tested for the three main COVID-19 variants of concern, including variants first detected in the United Kingdom, Brazil, and South Africa. The public health unit said while most of the 99 cases have a link to the ...

Provincial inspection shows Roberta Place LTC home failed to ensure residents were isolated by Michael Ranger Last Updated Jan 26, 2021 at 9:28 am EDT Workers arrive at the Roberta Place Long Term Care home in Barrie, Ont. on Monday, January 18, 2021. The home has seen an outbreak of COVID-19 among staff and residents. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn A recent inspection report suggests that a Barrie long-term care home currently experiencing a significant COVID-19 outbreak failed to ensure that the home was safe for residents. The report from the Ministry of Lon...

Ontario wrestles with how to contain more contagious variant of COVID-19 Officials are debating whether additional public health measures are needed to rein in a COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom that is now spreading in Ontario. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jan 26, 2021 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 26 Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks during a COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force meeting at the legislature on Dec. 4. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)