Members of the Canadian military will be deployed to a Vaughan long-term care home that is struggling to contain a COVID-19 outbreak, the private company that owns the home says. The Ontario long-term care ministry says members of the Canadian Armed Forces were at the home, a 224-bed facility, on Sunday to do an assessment. Family member 'relieved' that military will helpNick Puopolo, whose mother Saveria Puopolo, 85, is a resident of Woodbridge Vista Care Community, said the deployment of the CAF is a positive development. Nick Puopolo, whose mother Saveria Puopolo, 85, is a resident of Woodbridge Vista Care Community, says families of residents are relieved that the military is coming to help. Sienna Senior Living, for its part, now says families should email the home if they have any questions about the intervention of the hospital and armed forces.

Source: CBC News June 07, 2020 21:02 UTC