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More mask use needed in Nova Scotia long-term care homes amid coronavirus pandemic: advocate
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When the Nova Scotia government closed long-term care homes to non-essential visitors, it was a move designed to protect vulnerable residents from contracting the novel coronavirus.
However, with four facilities in the province experiencing outbreaks among staff, residents or both, some think a step may have been missed in the province’s directives for long-term care operators. “We think that masks should be used wherever possible in long-term care homes,” said Bill VanGorder, senior spokesperson for the Maritime chapter of the Canadian Association of Retired Persons. “I think we will have learned from this for another time that masks are good protection and just good in terms of people feeling more comfortable. “Hindsight’s always best,”
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