The Ontario government is making sweeping changes to long-term care homes by eliminating long-held rules that protect vulnerable residents. “We are seeing the high levels of COVID in long-term care, and what are we doing? A ministry statement sent in response to the Star’s questions said, “It will last for 14 days and the ministry still has regulatory oversight over long-term care homes.”YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN... That is why our government is rapidly taking these necessary steps to support our frontline long-term care workers and the residents they care for.” Ministry inspectors will be redeployed to nursing homes, a second statement said. CUPE represents 35,000 frontline long-term care workers in Ontario.

Source: thestar March 29, 2020 00:25 UTC