As the novel coronavirus spreads, services like Meals on Wheels are becoming more in demand and having to adapt to keep the vulnerable populations they serve safe.
London Meals on Wheels executive director Chad Callander tells Global News two weeks ago they started seeing a rise in the number of people accessing the service.
He said the demand has become so high that the group stopped taking new orders for hot meals but is still offering its frozen meal service. “(New clients) may have felt comfortable going out to grocery stores and getting those items themselves and now that they are in that vulnerable population they maybe feel like Meals on Wheels is a better route for them.” Meals on Wheels is a program that operates in 181 different