All told, the conversion of existing shared rooms into single rooms, the addition of more single rooms in existing facilities, as well as the creation of new beds in to-be-built homes could cost as much as $821 million, the party projects. COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of single rooms for long-term care residents, Houston said, especially in relation to infection control and slowing the spread of illness within a facility. Tim Houston, PC leader, speaks during a press conference about long-term care at Melville Heights. The epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak in Nova Scotia was at Northwood, a long-term care home in Halifax. Overall long-term care review taking placeOn June 30, the province announced the creation of a two-person review committee into the COVID-19 outbreak at Northwood.

Source: CBC News August 05, 2020 16:30 UTC