Yelena Goren says she checks the COVID-19 case count daily, looking for signs that the novel coronavirus pandemic is waning.
But the light at the end of the tunnel has been hard to spot, she says. “I’m just not seeing it right now.” Since the beginning of the health emergency, the Richmond Hill, Ont.-based disability and employment lawyer has been managing her practice from home and simultaneously looking after her three children, one of whom has Type 1 diabetes, a condition that can lead to more severe symptoms of COVID-19.
For that reason, the family has been in strict self-isolation, according to Goren. With her husband working full time, Goren says she is working evenings and weekends on her current caseload but hasn’t been able to take