As the COVID-19 health crisis takes hold in Quebec nursing homes, the province has deemed 41 long-term care facilities in need of special attention due to high case numbers.
Premier François Legault has asked for reinforcements in seniors residences, which are particularly hard hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic. “I appeal to your sense of duty to help us protect the most vulnerable,” he said during his daily briefing on Tuesday. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] The facilities, known as CHSLDs, have been dealing with pre-existing staff shortages and outbreaks of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.