Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa on April 13, 2020.
OTTAWA — The number of deaths in long-term care facilities is expected to keep rising, even as the growth of overall COVID-19 cases begins to slow, Canada’s top public health official warned. Dr. Theresa Tam, the chief public health officer, said the spread of the virus in care homes has been at the root of half of the more than 700 deaths across the country.Watch: Dr. Tam describes how pandemic may play outLast week the federal government released its projected trajectory for the outbreak. The total number of deaths projected in Canada — betweenOn Monday, Tam said that fatality rate is expected to rise given the outbreaks in long-term care homes across the country.
for all care homes in the country to try to stall the spread of the virus in other vulnerable facilities.
It’s criminal that we did not lock down these homes in February! I been calling for stringent isolation of all “at risk” people. We knew this was coming and who the virus kills. GOV and MEDIA did not get the message out forcefully. COVIDCanada COVIDIDIOTS COVID19 CovidQc
Just a little too late for safety in all care homes in Canada.
This is just shameful? What are the administrators of these homes doing to protect the elderly? These people paved the way for us to live in this great Country. They worked hard, paid taxes and took nothing from the Government. Fix this nowfordnation
Seniors homes need more inspection by government
anyone blaming care home workers who refuse to work are truly the lowest form of scum in this country.